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Publication details [#32713]
Smith, Neil and Ianthi Maria Tsimpli. 1991. Linguistic modularity? A case study of a 'Savant' linguist. Lingua 84 (4) : 315–351. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0024-3841
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper deals with second language acquisition in a young, institutionalised man with a remarkable talent for acquiring and using foreign languages, and with the extent to which his linguistic competence is integrated into his general cognitive ability.