Maturational constraints and first language attrition

Language Learning

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 687-715

  Bylund, Emanuel ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age differences; Critical period hypothesis; First language attrition; Maturational constraints; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849124677     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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