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Reality (and language) are irreducibly social, and truth is contingent on our changing social discourses c.f. Lourdes Ortega, 2009
That's... a big ask. Lots of people seem to like Ortega's book (disclaimer: I like Ortega's book).
But like, it would be easier to recommend readings if you could tell us your objectives. The Ortega book is mostly useful for pedagogy IMO, but it synthesizes the literature quite well. Anyway, hope this helps.
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The Frameworks of English: Introducing Language Structures
This is about structures in English and how they form coherency. Very useful to shape a view of how we form sentences and the meaning behind it.
Understanding Second Language Acquisition (Understanding Language)
This is a general book that covers SLA. It covers a lot of topics and I think it's a solid beginner book.
Just so you are aware both of these are very useful resources I used during my master's program. But, they are very boring at times.
For second language acquisition (i.e., adults), this book by Ortega is excellent. It will point you to plenty of reading on SLA. Ortega or a similar book-length overview of SLA is probably the easiest way to find seminal studies to read.
A quick search for "bibliography second language acquisition" turns up a number of useful sources -- in particular, you can look at Krashen's work in the 1980s and the subsequent reaction to and modification of it by Long, Swain, and others. Long (2007; Problems in SLA) contains two thorough literature reviews of SLA research on age and recasts. More recently, Atkinson (ed., 2011; Alternative Approaches to SLA) will give you a broader sense of where the field is headed.