Commentary published In:
Epistemological issue with keynote article “The role of language processing in language acquisition” by Colin Phillips and Lara Ehrenhofer[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 5:4] 2015
► pp. 499–504
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 5:4] 2015
► pp. 499–504
Commentary
Providing some more pieces to the puzzle
L2 adults, L2 children and children with specific language impairment
Article outline
- What determines whether or not adult L2 learners reach native-like parsing
- Parsing in L2 children and children with SLI
- On-line production vs. comprehension
- Conclusion
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