A test of the critical period hypothesis for language learning

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-29

  Chiswick, Barry R ^a,b   Miller, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Critical period hypothesis; Immigrants; Second language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249125686     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jmmd555.0     Document Type: Article

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