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Second language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis / 2nd language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis edited by David Birdsong. - ix, 191 pages ; 24 cm. - Second language acquisition research . - Second language acquisition research .

Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Aug. 1996, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: whys and why nots of the critical period hypothesis for second language acquisition / David Birdsong -- Functional neural subsystems are differentially affected by delays in second language immersion: ERP and behavioral evidence in bilinguals / Christine M. Weber-Fox and Helen J. Neville -- Co-evolution of language size and the critical period / James R. Hurford and Simon Kirby -- Critical periods and (second) language acquisition: divide et impera / Lynn Eubank and Kevin R. Gregg -- Age of learning and second language speech / James E. Flege -- Ultimate attainment in L2 pronunciation: the case of very advanced late L2 learners / Theo Bongaerts -- Confounded age: linguistic and cognitive factors in age differences for second language acquisition / Ellen Bialystok and Kenji Hakuta.

ISBN: 0805830847 9780805830842

LCCN: 98042609

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Second language acquisition--Congresses

LC Class. No.: P118.2 / .S428 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 401.93