TY  - GEN
A1  - Verissimo, João Marques
T1  - Sensitive periods in both L1 and L2
BT  - Some conceptual and methodological suggestions
T2  - Bilingualism : language and cognition
N2  - The keynote article (Mayberry & Kluender, 2017) makes an important contribution to questions concerning the existence and characteristics of sensitive periods in language acquisition. Specifically, by comparing groups of non-native L1 and L2 signers, the authors have been able to ingeniously disentangle the effects of maturation from those of early language exposure. Based on L1 versus L2 contrasts, the paper convincingly argues that L2 learning is a less clear test of sensitive periods. Nevertheless, we believe Mayberry and Kluender underestimate the evidence for maturational factors in L2 learning, especially that coming from recent research.
KW  - critical period for language
KW  - sensitive periods
KW  - language acquisition
KW  - age of acquisition
KW  - bilingualism
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000275
SN  - 1366-7289
SN  - 1469-1841
VL  - 21
IS  - 5
SP  - 932
EP  - 933
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - New York
ER  -