LATERALIZATION, LANGUAGE LEARNING, AND THE CRITICAL PERIOD: SOME NEW EVIDENCE

• Stephen D. Krashen

抄録

New evidence is presented that modifies Lenneberg's (1967) proposed critical period of language acquisition. The development of lateralization is complete much earlier than puberty and is thus not a barrier to accent free second language learning by adults. Rather, the development of lateralization may correspond to normal first language acquisition. Also, the case of Genie, a girl who endured 11 years of enforced isolation, shows that some first language acquisition is possible after the critical period, although mechanisms outside of the left hemisphere may be involved. Genie's slow but steady progress also implies that adult achievement in learning second languages should not be pre‐judged.

収録刊行物

• Language Learning

  Language Learning 23 (1), 63-74, 1973-06

  Wiley

キーワード

• Linguistics and Language
• Language and Linguistics
• Education

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• CRID: 1363107368947502720
• NII論文ID: 30005083832
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1973.tb00097.x
• ISSN: 14679922
• ISSN: 00238333
• Web Site: https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1467-1770.1973.tb00097.x
• Web Site: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-1770.1973.tb00097.x
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