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Critical Period Hypothesis in Language Acquisition
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Abstract
Critical period hypothesis, a popular topic of great significance in language acquisition, was initially deprived from first language acquisition, and further applied to second language acquisition though disputes remain. Former researchers have done myriads of empirical study and concluded diverse theories. This paper purports to briefly review former researches of critical period hypothesis in both first language acquisition and second language acquisition, and then try to probe its interrelation with age effect and implicit learning.
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critical period hypothesis, age effect, language acquisition, implicate learning
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Jiang,C. (2021).Critical Period Hypothesis in Language Acquisition.Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,1,66-70.
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