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Newport, Elissa L. – 1984
In examining the issue of why children do so well at language learning despite limited skill and experience, two possible explanations are addressed: one suggests that children learn language well exactly because they are limited, and the other proposes that children are extremely adept at language learning, perhaps more so than adults. Research…
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Sign Language, Child Language, Language Acquisition