Niclas Abrahamsson

List of John Benjamins publications in which Niclas Abrahamsson is involved.

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EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 12 (2012)

Edited by Leah Roberts, Christina Lindqvist, Camilla Bardel and Niclas Abrahamsson

The annual conference of the European Second Language Association provides an opportunity for the presentation of second language research with a genuinely European flavour. The theoretical perspectives adopted are wide-ranging and may fall within traditions overlooked elsewhere. Moreover, the… read more

[EUROSLA Yearbook, 12] 2012. viii, 217 pp.

Articles

Bylund, Emanuel, Kenneth Hyltenstam and Niclas Abrahamsson 2013 Age of acquisition effects or effects of bilingualism in second language ultimate attainment? Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment, Granena, Gisela and Mike Long (eds.), pp. 69–102 | Article

One of the most robust findings in the field of SLA is the different rates of success with which children and adults achieve nativelike proficiency in a L2. Age-related differences have traditionally been explained in terms of the maturational state of the learner. Recently, however, a growing… read more

Abrahamsson, Niclas 1996 Natural Phonology and Second Language Acquisition: Problems and Consequences EUROSLA 6: A selection of papers, pp. 9–21 | Article

This paper looks at whether Natural Phonology can be directly applied to second language acquisition. First, the original theory, as presented by Stampe and Donegan in the 1970s, is outlined. Secondly, its application to first language acquisition is presented, as this is highly crucial for the… read more