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Universal Grammar and the critical age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

Julia Herschensohn
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4340 herschen@u.washington.edu www.washington.edu/~lingweb/people/julia.html

Abstract

Differences of opinion between Epstein, Flynn & Martohardjono (1996) and some commentators can be traced to different interpretations of Universal Grammar (UG) form or strategy. Potential full access to the form of linguistic universals in second language acquisition may be distinguished from access to UG strategy, but Epstein et al.'s dismissal of the Critical Age Hypothesis clouds their central argument.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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