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Progressive Modularization: Reframing Our Understanding of Typical and Atypical Language Development
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Direct linkD'Souza, Dean; Filippi, Roberto – First Language, 2017
The ability to acquire language is a critical part of human development. Yet there is no consensus on how the skill emerges in early development. Does it constitute an innately-specified, language-processing module or is it acquired progressively? One of Annette Karmiloff-Smith's (1938-2016) key contributions to developmental science addresses…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Developmental Stages, Genetics, Environmental Influences
Download full textPeltzer-Karpf, Annemarie – 1996
A discussion of the biological and developmental issues in early second language learning first looks at psycholinguistic research on brain growth patterns and the relationship of first and second language learning. Focus is on three phenomena observed in the self-organization of living systems: selection of input data; organization of specialized…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
