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The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition / ed. by Zsolt Lengyel, David Singleton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781800418240
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Critical Look at the Critical Period Hypothesis in Second Language Acquisition Research -- 1 Can Late Starters Attain a Native Accent in a Foreign Language? A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis -- 2 Multi-Competence and Effects of Age -- 3 Some Critical Remarks Concerning Penfield's Theory of Second Language Acquisition -- 4 Evaluating the Need for Input Enhancement in Post-Critical Period Language Acquisition -- 5 Some Critical Remarks on the Phonological Component -- 6 Is There an Age-Factor for Universal Grammar? -- Index
Summary: This book examines the assumptions that are customarily made about the role of age in second language acquisition. The evidence and arguments presented in the book run counter to the idea that an early start in second language learning is either absolutely sufficient or necessary for the attainment of native-like mastery of a second language.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Critical Look at the Critical Period Hypothesis in Second Language Acquisition Research -- 1 Can Late Starters Attain a Native Accent in a Foreign Language? A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis -- 2 Multi-Competence and Effects of Age -- 3 Some Critical Remarks Concerning Penfield's Theory of Second Language Acquisition -- 4 Evaluating the Need for Input Enhancement in Post-Critical Period Language Acquisition -- 5 Some Critical Remarks on the Phonological Component -- 6 Is There an Age-Factor for Universal Grammar? -- Index

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This book examines the assumptions that are customarily made about the role of age in second language acquisition. The evidence and arguments presented in the book run counter to the idea that an early start in second language learning is either absolutely sufficient or necessary for the attainment of native-like mastery of a second language.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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