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The evolution of the critical period for language acquisition
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- Authors
- Hurford, J. R.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-09
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 159-201
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2033762621
- Cited by
- 286
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 47.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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