The structure of age: In search of barriers to second language acquisition

Second Language Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-137

  Bialystok, Ellen ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000027428     PISSN: 02676583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026765897677670241     Document Type: Article

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