Language Development and Acquisition in Early Childhood

Salwa Alharbi

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Salwa Alharbi

Keywords:

language, early childhood, acquisition, second language acquisition, critical period

Abstract

The paper focuses on the process of language development and acquisition in early child-hood, and it gives a brief overview of the theories of language development. The paper then concludes with an explanation of the importance of overexposure for early second language acquisition and question whether language learning could turn into a language acquisition after the Chomskian 'critical period.

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Language Development and Acquisition in Early Childhood. (2019). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 19(G8), 15-19. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2996

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