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Direct linkBrooks, Patricia J.; Kempe, Vera – Language Learning, 2019
The Less-Is-More hypothesis was proposed to explain age-of-acquisition effects in first language (L1) and second language (L2) learning. We scrutinize different renditions of the hypothesis by examining how learning outcomes are affected by (a) limited cognitive capacity, (b) reduced interference resulting from less prior knowledge, and (c)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Age Differences, Native Language
Kempe, Vera; Brooks, Patricia J. – Language Learning, 2005
This study investigated second-language (L2) learning to gain a better understanding of learning mechanisms that also operate in child first-language L1 learners. The research was inspired by research on the beneficial effects of child-directed speech CDS. We tried to examine whether such benefits can be observed in the domain of inflectional…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Russian, English, Nouns
