Article published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment” by Ewa Dabrowska
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 2:3] 2012
► pp. 324–335
response-to-the-commentaries
Explaining individual differences in linguistic proficiency
Published online: 7 September 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.16dab
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.2.3.16dab
Article outline
- Introduction
- Some clarifications
- 1. Education-related differences are not “the whole story”
- 2. Explicit instruction is not necessary for learning
- 3. The existence of individual differences does not entail that the UG hypothesis is false
- Alternative explanations
- The competence/performance distinction
- Acquisition by fiat
- Broader issues
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