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Definitions of ‘holism’ in applied language studies need to remain broad enough to allow
for true epistemological diversity and reject prematurely coherent impermeable systems
that do not reflect the present state of knowledge in our field. In Part 1 of this two-part
paper, I focus on definitional issues arguing that the atomistic parts of any whole are
related within a complex, but fluid, organic system and are more easily understood in
relationship to other parts of that system. After considering the relationship between
holistic and atomistic phenomena, I argue that ecological studies (Van Lier, 2002), while
providing groundbreaking new insights into the holistic nature of applied language study,
appear to exclude context-independence as a legitimate perspective. My definition above
is therefore closely associated with Pappamihiel and Walser’s (2009) characterization of
complexity theory. Epistemological diversity and complexity lead us to accept
dynamism, unpredictability and instability as natural conditions of our field which cannot
be ignored.

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420 PAU t

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: the Asian EFL Journal Press., 2013

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297 hlm.; 20cm.

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English

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1738-1460

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420

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vol.15 issue 1

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