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The Sensitive Period Hypothesis in L2 Production: /I/ Versus /I/ and Voicing-Dependent Vowel Duration in the English Speech Produced by Korean Speakers of English
This study tested the sensitive period hypothesis in relation to L2 production. Thirty Korean speakers of English who came to the United States at varying ages participated in two experiments. When they came to the U.S., their ages ranged from 0 (at birth) to 26. Their mean length of stay in the …
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The sensitive period for second language acquisition: An experimental study of age effects on universal grammar and language transfer
The main objectives of this study are to test the Sensitive Period Hypothesis for second language acquisition and to find out its nature. Speed (reaction time) of responses was measured in addition to grammaticality judgment so that the subjects' conscious monitoring of linguistic processes could …
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A sensitive period for second language acquismon: A reaction-time study of grammaticality juooments of English by Korean-English bilinguals
… to the following questions related to the sensitive period hypothesis in second language acquisition: (1) Does a sensitive period exist in SLA? (2) If so, what characterizes the period? (3) Can the sensitive period be explained by age or by confounding affective factors? (4) What …