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Mindscapes of Second Language Acquisition: A New Perspective on the Cognitive Inquiry of Language

2026-08-31

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<p>This book repositions second language acquisition (SLA) within cognitive science by developing a new epistemological framework for explaining language learning. Grounded in functional realism and contemporary mechanistic explanation, it advances the Causal-Mechanistic Systems Research Programme that retains a commitment to organised cognitive systems while incorporating complexity, embodiment, and sociality. Fr...

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Literature Corpus work: 5b1b4fec-9af7-5e42-b8c0-f8ce86ada211
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/pb5wv_v3

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