Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 60-99

  Johnson, Jacqueline S ^a   Newport, Elissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; KOREA; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); KOREA; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0024489087     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0285(89)90003-0     Document Type: Article

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