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Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “The role of language processing in language acquisition” by Colin Phillips and Lara Ehrenhofer
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 5:4] 2015
► pp. 499–504

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Commentary

Providing some more pieces to the puzzle

L2 adults, L2 children and children with specific language impairment

 | University of Reading
Published online: 31 December 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.5.4.10mar
Article outline
  • What determines whether or not adult L2 learners reach native-like parsing
  • Parsing in L2 children and children with SLI
  • On-line production vs. comprehension
  • Conclusion
  • References
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