Maturational Constraints on Language Learning

Newport, E. L. (1990). Maturational Constraints on Language Learning. Cognitive Science, 11-28.

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Journal article

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Year

1990

DOI

10.1207/s15516709cog1401_2

Link

https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog1401_2

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linguistics_semiotics

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• Contextual Mode Switching
  • The number of modes is typically small (2–7), the boundaries are discrete, and the switching cost imposes a minimum dwell-time per mode.

    This sourceThe 'less-is-more' account of critical-period effects in language acquisition. PARTIALLY SUPPORTING: it concerns age/maturation effects on acquisition, not 'cross-mode transfer' or how practice in one mode generalizes to another; the cross-mode-transfer framing over-reaches. Existence/details verified; flagged.

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