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failed functional features hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Second language acquisition

proposal that functional features not instantiated in the first language are unavailable to adult second language learners after a critical period.

In second language acquisition, failed functional features hypothesis refers to proposal that functional features not instantiated in the first language are unavailable to adult second language learners after a critical period. This meaning comes from Hawkins (1997) in Second Language Research.[1]

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acquisition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructshypothesis2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructsperiod1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Hawkins, R., & Chan, C. Y. (1997). The partial availability of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition: the ‘failed functional features hypothesis’. Second Language Research, 13(3), 187-226. https://doi.org/10.1191/026765897671476153

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