On the Evidence for Maturational Constraints in Second-Language Acquisition

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-249

  Birdsong, David ^a   Molis, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age effects; Bilingualism; Critical period; Linguistic development; Maturation; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035242148     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.2000.2750     Document Type: Article

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