Age and Accent in a Second Language: A Reply to James Emil Flege

L'article est une reponse aux arguments portes contre l'hypothese de la periode critique par James Emil Flege dans A critical period for learning to pronounce foreign languages publie dans Applied Linguistics (8/2). Un examen de la litterature montre qu'il existe suffisamment de preuves pour supporter l'idee d'une limite d'âge dans la competence en langue seconde

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