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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montrul, Silvina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2008.
Colección:Studies in bilingualism ; v. 39.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 312 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027290410
9027290415
128210537X
9781282105379
ISSN:0928-1533 ;