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Jacobs, Bob – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Examines language as a multimodal sensory enhancement system, integrating recent neuroanatomical and neurophysiological findings on the ontogenesis of neuronal structures with the generative concept of Universal Grammar for determination of fundamental differences between primary and secondary language acquisition. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory
Anderson, S. J.; And Others – 1985
A study of differential brain hemisphere involvement in second language acquisition is reported. The study examined the idea that the right hemisphere is progressively more involved the later the second language is acquired. Various techniques for monitoring hemispheric functioning are described, especially the Evoked Potential (EP) technique. In…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Afrikaans, Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions