The age factor in second language acquisition : a critical look at the critical period hypothesis
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The age factor in second language acquisition : a critical look at the critical period hypothesis
（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp）
Multilingual Matters, c1995
- : hard
- : pbk
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Papers presented at a conference held within the framework of the 14th annual meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics which was held Feb.-Mar. 1992, Seattle, Wash.; also includes papers solicited for a conference which did not take place
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book takes a hard look at some of the assumptions that are customarily made concerning the role of age in second language acquisition. The evidence and arguments the contributors present run counter to the notion that an early start in second language learning is of itself either absolutely sufficient or necessary for the attainment of native-like mastery of a second language. Another theme of the book is a doubt that there is a particular stage of maturity beyond which language learning is no longer fully possible. In short, the book presents a challenge to those who take it as given that second language learning is inevitably different in its essential nature from language acquisition in the childhood years and that second language knowledge acquired beyond the critical period is in all circumstances and in all respects doomed to fossilize at a non-native-like level.
Table of Contents
Foreword
David Singleton: Introduction: A Critical Look at the Critical Period Hypothesis in Second Language Acquisition Research
1. Theo Bongaerts, Brigitte Planken and Erik Schils: Can Late Learners Attain a Native Accent in a Foreign Language? A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis
2. Vivian Cook: Multicompetence and Effects of Age
3. Hans W. Dechert: Some Critical Remarks Concerning Penfield's Theory of Second Language Acquisition
4. Georgette loup: Evaluating the Need for Input Enhancement in Post-Critical Period Language Acquisition
5. Zsolt Lengyel: Some Critical Remarks on the Phonological Component
6. Gita Martohardjono and Suzanne Flynn: Is there an Age Factor for Universal Grammar?
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