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ERIC Number: EJ366186
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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A Critical Period for Learning to Pronounce Foreign Languages?
Flege, James Emil
Applied Linguistics, v8 n2 p162-77 Sum 1987
Examination of existing empirical and theoretical literature suggests there is no conclusive support for the existence of a critical period for human speech learning. Assumption of a critical period may inhibit the search for testable hypotheses concerning observed adult-child differences in second language production. (Author/LMO)
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Language: English
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