Author: Silvina A. Montrul
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Keywords: bilingualism, studies, factor, examining, incomplete, acquisition
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2008-09-17
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 9027241759
ISBN-13: 9789027241757

Age effects have played a particularly prominent role in some theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition. This book takes an entirely new perspective on this issue by re-examining these theories in light of the existence of apparently similar non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers who, unlike adult second language learners, acquired two or more languages in childhood.