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Danesi, Marcel – IRAL, 1994
This article reviews the history of the neuroscientific study of language, examining research on three main issues: (1) the neurofunctional differences between primary language acquisition and second-language acquisition; (2) the critical period issue; and (3) the role played by the right hemisphere of the brain in language acquisition. (140…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
