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Language Development and Age

By Julia Herschensohn

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521872979, 9780521872973, 9780511367632
Open Library ID
OL22766542M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1751083 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
305\305
Topic
Biology
Library
duansci.com
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Descriptions of this book (including the description on the back cover) make it sound like this book concerns itself primarily with second language acquisition among adults, and there are two chapters devoted to SLA (called "L2A" in this book,) but overall Herschensohn is far more preoccupied with the critical period hypothesis and biological and psychological processes involved in language acquisition at a young age. That doesn't mean this book isn't useful, of course, but if you are looking for something dealing specifically with the issue of older minds attempting to master new languages you will probably want to look elsewhere.

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