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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Published in:	Cognition Vol. 177; pp. 263 - 277
Main Authors:	Hartshorne, Joshua K., Tenenbaum, Joshua B., Pinker, Steven
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2018 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Ability Acquisition Adults Age Age differences Attainment Children Children & youth Computer applications Critical period Early second language learning English as a second language learning English language Grammar L2 acquisition Language Language acquisition Learning Mathematical models Native language acquisition Second languages Syntax L2 acquisition Language acquisition Critical period
ISSN:	0010-0277, 1873-7838, 1873-7838
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