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Publication details [#32882]

Patkowski, Mark S. 1990. Age and Accent in a Second Language: A Reply to James Emil Flege. Applied Linguistics 11 (1) : 73–89.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | L2-acquisition | language proficiency

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

ISBN

0142-6001

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This article argues that James Emil Flege's Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) on age and accent in a second language cannot be rejected at this time, referring to evidence that supports the age-based limitation on second language proficiency.