The use of native speaker norms in critical period hypothesis research

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 565-596

  Andringa, Sible ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84906223600     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263113000600     Document Type: Article

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