HOW ADULT 2ND LANGUAGE-LEARNING DIFFERS FROM CHILD FIRST LANGUAGE-DEVELOPMENT

Authors
CLAHSEN H MUYSKEN P
Citation
H. Clahsen et P. Muysken, HOW ADULT 2ND LANGUAGE-LEARNING DIFFERS FROM CHILD FIRST LANGUAGE-DEVELOPMENT, Behavioral and brain sciences, 19(4), 1996, pp. 721
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1996)19:4<721:HA2LDF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We argue that the model developed in Epstein et al.'s target article d oes not explain differences between child first language (L1) acquisit ion and adult second language (L2) acquisition. We therefore sketch an alternative view, originally developed in Clahsen and Muysken (1989), in the light of new empirical findings and theoretical developments.