Second language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis

Author(s)

• Birdsong, David
• Hurford, James R.
• Eubank, Lynn
• Flege, James Emil
• Bongaerts, Theo
• Bialystok, Ellen

Bibliographic Information

Second language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis

edited by David Birdsong

（Second language acquisition research : theoretical and methodological issues / Susan M. Gass, Jacquelyn Schac[h]ter, series editors）

L. Erlbuam Associates, 1999

Note

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

• 1. Introduction: Whys and why nots of the critical period hypothesis for second language acquisition / David Birdsong
• 2. 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
• 3. Co-evolution of language size and critical period / James R. Hurford and Simon Kirby
• 4. Critical periods and (second) language acquisition: Divide et impera / Lynn Eubank and Kevin R. Gregg
• 5. Age of learning and second language speech / James E. Flege
• 6. Ultimate attainment in L2 pronunciation: The case of very advanced late L2 learners / Theo Bongaerts
• 7. Confounded age: Linguistic and cognitive factors in age differences for second language acquisition / Ellen Bialystok and Kenji Hakuta

Details

• NCID: BA41161048
• ISBN:
  • 0805830847
• LCCN: 98042609
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Mahwah, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 191 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P118.2
  • DC21 : 401/.93
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24627126