Katherine Spadaro

List of John Benjamins publications for which Katherine Spadaro plays a role.

Article

Spadaro, Katherine 2013 Maturational constraints on lexical acquisition in a second languageSensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment, Granena, Gisela and Mike Long (eds.), pp. 43–68 | Article
This study investigates the possibility of a sensitive period for the acquisition of lexical and collocational knowledge in a second language. The participants were ten adult native speakers of English and 38 very advanced adult non-native speakers with a range of ages of onset of learning. They… read more