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Publication details [#30019]

Felix, Sascha W. 1996. Mental biology in second-language acquisition. Linguistics 34 (5) : 1139–1158.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

contextualization | L2-acquisition | mental process | universal grammar

Language as a subject

English | German

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0024-3949

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper argues that second language learners' access to universal grammar, in casu that of German high school students learning English, is controlled both by aspects of the learning situation and by individual mental biology.