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THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Marianne Gullberg and Peter Indefrey (Eds.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2008

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THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.Marianne Gullberg and Peter Indefrey (Eds.). Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. Pp. v + 348. $39.95 paper.

This edited collection consists of a selection of conference papers that deal with the brain and SLA. The areas of focus are age and proficiency levels related to the critical period issue, ultimate attainment, and the regulation of two languages in a brain. The main chapters review the evidence in these areas and are each followed by a critical commentary.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 260 - 262
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© 2008 Cambridge University Press

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