Incomplete acquisition in bilingualism: re-examining the age factor

Age effects have played a particularly prominent role in some theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition. This book takes an entirely new perspective on this issue by re-examining these theories in light of the existence of apparently similar non-native outcomes in adult heritage speake...

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Main Author: Montrul, Silvina 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2008]
Series:Studies in bilingualism 39
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Summary:Age effects have played a particularly prominent role in some theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition. This book takes an entirely new perspective on this issue by re-examining these theories in light of the existence of apparently similar non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers who, unlike adult second language learners, acquired two or more languages in childhood. Despite having been exposed to their family language early in life, many of these speakers never fully acquire, or later lose, aspects of their first language sometime in childhood. The book examines the stru
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 312 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9789027290410
9027290415
DOI:10.1075/sibil.39

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