First and Second Language Acquisition : Parallels and Differences /

"Infants and very young children develop almost miraculously the ability of speech, without apparent effort, without even being taught - as opposed to the teenager or the adult struggling without, it seems, ever being able to reach the same level of proficiency as five year olds in their first...

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Main Author:	Meisel, Jürgen M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
Series:	Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
Subjects:	Second language acquisition. Language and languages > Study and teaching. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.