A critical period for second language acquisition: Evidence from 2/3 million English speakers

Children learn language more easily than adults, though when and why this ability declines have been obscure for both empirical reasons (underpowered studies) and conceptual reasons (measuring the ultimate attainment of learners who started at different ages cannot by itself reveal changes in underl...

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Main Authors: Hartshorne, Joshua (Author), Tenenbaum, Joshua B (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-08-18T15:06:06Z.
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