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Maturational Constraints in SLA
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Maturational Constraints as the Default Hypothesis The Empirical Evidence Theoretical Foundations Toward an Understanding of the Role of Maturation Future Research: Basic Methodological Requirements A Final Remark
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- Hyltenstam, K., & Abrahamsson, N.
- Venue
- The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition
- Publisher
- Wiley
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- 2003-01
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- 538-588
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Keywords
- maturational constraints, second language acquisition, developmental constraints, language acquisition theory
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