{"product_id":"language-development-and-age-9780521872973","title":"Language Development and Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julia Herschensohn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - Semantics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anecdotal view of language acquisition is that children learn language with apparent ease, no instruction and in very little time, while adults find learning a new language to be cognitively challenging, labour intensive and time-consuming. In this book Herschensohn examines whether early childhood is a critical period for language acquisition after which individuals cannot learn a language as native speakers. She argues that a first language is largely susceptible to age constraints, showing major deficits past the age of twelve. Second-language acquisition also shows age effects, but with a range of individual differences. The competence of expert adult learners, the unequal achievements of child learners of second languages, and the lack of consistent evidence for a maturational cut-off, all cast doubt on a critical period for second-language acquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46888855371927,"sku":"9780521872973","price":13238.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521872973.webp?v=1770262236","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/language-development-and-age-9780521872973","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}