Let's not get tied into knots: a response to Newman, (2018)—Vygotsky, Wittgenstein and sociocultural theory

James P. Lantolf; Jiao Xi

doi:10.1111/jtsb.12210

Let's not get tied into knots: a response to Newman, (2018)—Vygotsky, Wittgenstein and sociocultural theory

James P. Lantolf, Jiao Xi

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The September 2018 issue of this journal included an article by Newman, (2018) that challenges research carried out on second language acquisition (henceforth, SCT-L2) informed by the psychological theory proposed by L. S. Vygotsky. We would like to respond to Newman's critique, which he problematizes as three “knots” that he then undertakes to untie through analysis of Vygotsky's writings contained in Vygotsky's two most popular works, Thought and Language and Mind in Society. We first summarize Newman's knots and his approach to untying them. We then present our response to each of these in turn.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	387-393
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12210
State	Published - Sep 1 2019

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Social Psychology
Philosophy
Psychology(all)

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