A Theory of Language Acquisition Is Not So Easy
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A Theory of Language Acquisition Is Not so Easy
The first part of this commentary discusses the minimal requirements that any serious theory of language acquisition must meet. It must take into account the particular properties of the human language processor and the (linguistic and nonlinguistic) input, as well as the specific motivation which causes the learner to apply the former to the latter. Neglecting, or even not keeping constant, so...
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عنوان ژورنال: Studies in Second Language Acquisition
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0272-2631,1470-1545
DOI: 10.1017/s0272263100009104