General Principles of Neurofunctional Organization and Their Manifestation in Primary and Nonprimary Language Acquisition.

Lamendella, John T.

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Publication Date: 1977

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General Principles of Neurofunctional Organization and Their Manifestation in Primary and Nonprimary Language Acquisition

Lamendella, John T.

Language Learning, 27, 1, 155-196, Jun 77

Attempts to characterize and contrast aspects of functional organization of neuropsychological systems carrying out primary language acquisition and two types of nonprimary language acquisition: secondary language acquisition and foreign language learning. There appears an intrinsic neurofunctional basis for the greater facility of young children in secondary language competence. (CHK)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Neurolinguistics, Neurological Organization, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning

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