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Parent topics
- Critical period [r]: Limited time in which an event can occur, usually resulting in some kind of transformation. [e]
- Language acquisition [r]: The study of how language comes to users of first and second languages. [e]
Subtopics
- First language acquisition [r]: Study of the processes through which humans acquire language, specifically first languages, which studies infants' acquisition of their native language. [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]
- Native language [r]: A language to which a person was exposed during early childhood, usually by other family members. [e]
- Fossilization (language acquisition) [r]: loss of progress in second language acquisition, where learners no longer move towards native-like ability in the second language, often despite constant exposure to it. [e]
Notable figures
- Wilder Penfield [r]: Biography of Wilder Graves Penfield. [e]
- Eric Lennerberg [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Steven Pinker [r]: (b. 18 September 1954) Canadian experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science, known for his wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. [e]
- Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]