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    The problem of age in second-language acquisition: Inuences fromlanguage, structure, and task

    Ellen Bialystok and Barry Miller

    Bilingualism: Language and Cognition / Volume 2 / Issue 02 / August 1999, pp 127 - 145

    DOI: null, Published online: 08 September 2000

    Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1366728999000231

    How to cite this article:Ellen Bialystok and Barry Miller (1999). The problem of age in second-language acquisition: Inuences from language,structure, and task. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2, pp 127-145

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