SLA as an interdiscipline: A bibliometric study

IF 3.7 1区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI:10.14746/ssllt.40218

Meng-Lin Chen

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Nowadays, research in second language acquisition (SLA) is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary while many technical frontiers and research hotspots have emerged. Many studies focus on interdisciplinary topics, but few in-depth studies have been conducted on interdisciplinarity. This study examined the interdisciplinarity of SLA and the interdisciplinary development process using a bibliometrics approach. The study has found that the SLA discipline has played roles as both the provider and recipient of knowledge in the development of interdisciplines. In the first case, SLA theories and methods flow into the research areas of life sciences and technology to form interdisciplinary studies with brain research, neurology, cognition, computer technology, and engineering, making SLA a provider of knowledge In the second case, SLA research receives knowledge from areas of arts and humanities and social sciences as well as from interdisciplinary studies within its own discipline, making SLA a receiver of knowledge. The new insights into the interdisciplinarity of SLA provided in this study are helpful for our deeper understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the SLA discipline.

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作为一门跨学科的学习语言学：文献计量学研究

如今，第二语言习得（SLA）研究的跨学科性越来越强，同时也出现了许多技术前沿和研究热点。许多研究都聚焦于跨学科课题，但很少有人对跨学科性进行深入研究。本研究采用文献计量学方法研究了 SLA 的跨学科性和跨学科发展过程。研究发现，在跨学科发展过程中，SLA 学科既是知识的提供者，也是知识的接受者。在第一种情况下，SLA 理论和方法流入生命科学和技术研究领域，与脑研究、神经学、认知学、计算机技术和工程学形成跨学科研究，使 SLA 成为知识的提供者；在第二种情况下，SLA 研究从艺术、人文和社会科学领域以及本学科内的跨学科研究中获得知识，使 SLA 成为知识的接受者。本研究对 SLA 的跨学科性提出的新见解有助于我们深入理解 SLA 学科的跨学科性。

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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching LINGUISTICS-

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (ISSN 2083-5205) is a refereed journal published four times a year by the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland. The language of publication is English. The journal is devoted to reporting previously unpublished highest quality theoretical and empirical research on learning and teaching second and foreign languages. It deals with the learning and teaching of any language, not only English, and focuses on a variety of topics ranging from the processes underlying second language acquisition, various aspects of language learning in instructed and non-instructed settings, as well as different facets of the teaching process, including syllabus choice, materials design, classroom practices and evaluation. Each issue carries about 6 papers, 6000-8000 words in length, as well as reply articles and reviews. At least one of the four issues per year is a special focus issue devoted to a particular area of second language learning and teaching, sometimes with a guest editor who is an expert on a specific topic.