Problems with supposed counter-evidence to the Critical Period Hypothesis

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-317

  Long, Mike ^a  

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EID: 28844435051     PISSN: 0019042X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iral.2005.43.4.287     Document Type: Review

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