The acquisition of a second language

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-7

  Gordon, Neil ^a,b  

^a 3 Styal Road ^*

^b Huntlywood   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral function for language; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 0033950526     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.1999.0253     Document Type: Review

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