critical period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriticalandperiod
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critical
adjective
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acriticalperiodfor learning to pronounce foreign languages?
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Normal acquisition processes explain thecriticalperiodfor language learning.
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That they have passed the socalledcriticalperiod?
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Thecriticalperiodhypothesis: where are we now?
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Is there acriticalperiodfor acquiring aspiration?
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This pattern is not consistent with acriticalperiod.
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Although he claimed that all of these support thecriticalperiodhypothesis, that conclusion is based on an excessively broad interpretation of the term ' 'criticalperiod' '.
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Excitatory-inhibitory balance andcriticalperiodplasticity in developing visual cortex.
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He concludes that all three hypotheses were supported and that thecriticalperiodhypothesis is vindicated.
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Whether there is an absolutecriticalperiodfor acquiring language is a matter of continuous debate.
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Alternatively, the deprivation may reopen acriticalperiodfor experience-dependent plasticity that had previously closed.
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Thecriticalperiodhypothesis would predict that only early learners could attain such nativelike proficiency.
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Conversely, learners outside thecriticalperiodmay demonstrate different in-uences of these factors.
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Is there acriticalperiodfor the acquisition of segmental analysis?
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If there is acriticalperiod, then there should be an asymmetry in this effect.
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By our reasoning, this is contra to acriticalperiodformulation.
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Exposure to this object must occur during acriticalperiodimmediately following birth.
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These results have generally been taken as support for thecriticalperiodhypothesis.
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A time to speak: a psycholinguistic inquiry into thecriticalperiodfor human speech.
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The onset of thecriticalperiodis determined by the development of locomotor abilities.
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They conclude from this that two separate mechanisms govern learning before and after thecriticalperiod.
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It is within thiscriticalperiodthat development may go awry.
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