Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ519944
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Publication Date: 1995
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Second Language Processing at Different Ages: Do Younger Learners Pay More Attention to Prosodic Cues or to Sentence Structure?
Harley, Birgit; And Others
Language Learning, v45 n1 p43-71 Mar 1995
Investigates the relationship between age of arrival in the second-language environment and a preference for prosodic versus syntactic cues to sentence interpretation in English. The study found that older English-as-a-Second-Language learners were just as likely as the younger ones to attend to prosody rather than syntax. (43 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cantonese, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 7, Grade 8, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Models, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students, Stress (Phonology), Suprasegmentals, Syntax, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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