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• Critical period hypothesis [r]: Hypothesis which claims that there is an ideal 'window' of time to acquire language in a linguistically rich environment, after which this is no longer possible. ^[e]
• Critical period [r]: Limited time in which an event can occur, usually resulting in some kind of transformation. ^[e]
• Second language acquisition [r]: Process by which people learn a second language in addition to their native language(s), where the language to be learned is often referred to as the 'target language'. ^[e]
• Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. ^[e]
• Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. ^[e]