Linguistic dissimilarity increases age-related decline in adult language learning

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dc.contributor.authorSchepens, Job J.
dc.contributor.authorHout, Roeland W. N. M. van
dc.contributor.authorSlik, Frans W. P. van der
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-21T08:44:33Z
dc.date.available2023-04-21T08:44:33Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-18
dc.description.abstractWe investigated age-related decline in adult learning of Dutch as an additional language (Ln) in speaking, writing, listening, and reading proficiency test scores for 56,024 adult immigrants with 50 L1s who came to the Netherlands for study or work. Performance for all four language skills turned out to decline monotonically after an age of arrival of about 25 years, similar to developmental trajectories observed in earlier aging research on additional language learning and in aging research on cognitive abilities. Also, linguistic dissimilarity increased age-related decline across all four language skills, but speaking in particular. We measured linguistic dissimilarity between first languages (L1s = 50) and Dutch (Ln) for morphology, vocabulary, and phonology. Our conclusion is that the L1 language background influences the effects of age-related decline in adult language learning, and that the constraints involved reflect both biological (language learning ability) and experience-based (acquired L1 proficiency) cognitive resources.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/41348
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-23191
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies in second language acquisition;45(1)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc370
dc.subject.rswkErwachsenerde
dc.subject.rswkFremdsprachede
dc.subject.rswkLernende
dc.subject.rswkNiederländischde
dc.subject.rswkSprachkompetenzde
dc.titleLinguistic dissimilarity increases age-related decline in adult language learningen
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eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitationSchepens, J., Van Hout, R., & Van der Slik, F. (2023). Linguistic dissimilarity increases age-related decline in adult language learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45(1), 167-188. doi:10.1017/S0272263122000067de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifierhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263122000067de

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