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Hudson Kam, Carla L. – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Hudson Kam (2018) examined whether learning of a particular aspect of language that adults are known to have difficulty with (grammatical gender) could be improved by manipulating the learning experience of adults so that it was more like that of infants. Specifically, based on likely differences between adult and child learners' experiences as…
Descriptors: Infants, Adults, Language Acquisition, Comparative Analysis
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Arnon, Inbal – Language Learning and Development, 2018
Why do adults seem to struggle more than children in learning a second language, despite being better at a range of other cognitive skills? The source of L1-L2 differences in language learning is one of the most debated topics in the study of language. One hypothesis is that L1-L2 differences are primarily experience-based, with language learning…
Descriptors: Criticism, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Age Differences
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Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Language Learning and Development, 2017
The natural numbers may be our simplest, most useful, and best-studied abstract concepts, but their origins are debated. I consider this debate in the context of the proposal, by Gallistel and Gelman, that natural number system is a product of cognitive evolution and the proposal, by Carey, that it is a product of human cultural history. I offer a…
Descriptors: Computation, Number Systems, Number Concepts, Language Usage