Kenneth Hyltenstam
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1028362 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kenneth Hyltenstam |
| NOMBRES | Kenneth |
| APELLIDO | Hyltenstam |
| FIRMA | HYLTENSTAM K |
| AFILIACIONES | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4687-1605 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 133 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 4 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1977 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Age of acquisition – not bilingualism – is the primary determinant of less than nativelike L2 ultimate attainment
It has recently been suggested that bilingualism, rather than age of acquisition, is what underlies less than nativelike attainment in childhood L2 acquisition. Currently, however, the empirical evidence in favor of or against this interpretation remains scarce. The present study sets out to fill this gap, implementing a novel factorial design in which the variables age of acquisition and bilingualism have been fully crossed. Eighty speakers of S…
Critical Period
This entry departs from the early scholarly discussion on the notion of a critical period (CP) for language acquisition by Wilder Penfield and Lamar Roberts and later Eric Lenneberg. These authors suggested that differences in the outcomes of child and adult second language acquisition most likely had a biological basis. The notion of a CP had its origin in the biological sciences and was used by ethologists to account for the observation that sp…
Entangled Discourses
peer reviewed
Advanced Proficiency and Exceptional Ability in Second Languages
Advanced Proficiency and Exceptional Ability in Second Languages
Effects of Age of Learning on Voice Onset Time
This study examined the effects of age of onset (AO) of L2 acquisition on the categorical perception of the voicing contrast in Swedish word-initial stops varying in voice onset time (VOT). Three voicing continua created on the basis of natural Swedish word pairs with /p-b/, /t-d/, /k-/ in initial position were presented to 41 Spanish early (AO 12) near-native speakers of L2 Swedish. Fifteen native speakers of Swedish served as controls. Categori…
Critical Period
The scholarly discussion on the notion of a critical period (CP) for language acquisition dates back to the 1950s and 1960s, when first Wilder Penfield and Lamar Roberts (1959) and later Eric Lenneberg (1967) suggested that differences in the outcomes of child and adult second language acquisition most likely had a biological basis.
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan
The Role of Language Aptitude in First Language Attrition
While language aptitude has been investigated actively within second language research, there is a current dearth of research on the effects of aptitude in cases of attrition. The aim of the present investigation was to explore the role of language aptitude for L1 proficiency in speakers who experienced a break with their L1 setting prior to puberty. Twenty-five L1 Spanish—L2 Swedish bilinguals residing in Sweden participated in the study, and 15…
Foreign language provision at secondary level in Sweden
Age of Onset and Nativelikeness in a Second Language
The incidence of nativelikeness in adult second language acquisition is a controversial issue in SLA research. Although some researchers claim that any learner, regardless of age of acquisition, can attain nativelike levels of second language (L2) proficiency, others hold that attainment of nativelike proficiency is, in principle, impossible. The discussion has traditionally been framed within the paradigm of a critical period for language acquis…
The Robustness of Aptitude Effects in Near-Native Second Language Acquisition
Results from a number of recent studies suggest that nativelike adult second language (L2) learners possess a high degree of language learning aptitude, the positive effects of which may have compensated for the negative effects of a critical period in these learners. According to the same studies, child learners seem to attain a nativelike command of the L2 regardless of high or low aptitude, which has led researchers to conclude that this facto…
Maturational Constraints in SLA
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Maturational Constraints as the Default Hypothesis The Empirical Evidence Theoretical Foundations Toward an Understanding of the Role of Maturation Future Research: Basic Methodological Requirements A Final Remark
Who can become native-like in a second language? All, some, or none
This paper discusses research that has been carried out on maturational constraints for SLA, specifically on the conceptualisation formulated in the critical period hypothesis (CPH). Our review shows that the positions taken by researchers are very diverse, something we believe has its basis in a lack of explicit hypothesis formulation and the use of insufficiently sensitive research instruments. Researchers disagree whether all , only some , or …
Bilingualism across the Lifespan
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan examines the dynamics of bilingual language processing over time from the perspectives of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. This multidisciplinary approach is fundamental to an understanding of how the bilingual's two (or more) language systems interact with each other and with other higher cognitive systems, neurological substrates, and social systems - a central theme of this volume. Cont…
Lexical characteristics of near‐native second‐language learners of Swedish
Various aspects of the vocabulary of near‐native second‐language learners of Swedish were analysed and compared to that of matched native Swedish speakers. Quantitative measures of lexical usage focussed upon comprised lexical density, lexical variation and lexical sophistication. Further, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of lexical errors was carried out. Data were elicited from 36 students attending the second‐year course of the Swedish …
Exchange on Descriptive Adequacy and Psychological Plausibility
Implicational Patterns in Interlanguage Syntax Variation
In this paper, the acquisition of Swedish syntax of negation by adult second‐language learners has been studied. Insights into the route of acquisition have been gained through a close examination of the learners' variation in their placement of the negative element, i.e., the way in which some learners variably place the negation before and after the finite verb. This type of variation has previously been seen as random and irregular, but throug…
The Robustness of Aptitude Effects in Near-Native Second Language Acquisition
Results from a number of recent studies suggest that nativelike adult second language (L2) learners possess a high degree of language learning aptitude, the positive effects of which may have compensated for the negative effects of a critical period in these learners. According to the same studies, child learners seem to attain a nativelike command of the L2 regardless of high or low aptitude, which has led researchers to conclude that this facto…
Age of Onset and Nativelikeness in a Second Language
The incidence of nativelikeness in adult second language acquisition is a controversial issue in SLA research. Although some researchers claim that any learner, regardless of age of acquisition, can attain nativelike levels of second language (L2) proficiency, others hold that attainment of nativelike proficiency is, in principle, impossible. The discussion has traditionally been framed within the paradigm of a critical period for language acquis…
Who can become native-like in a second language? All, some, or none
This paper discusses research that has been carried out on maturational constraints for SLA, specifically on the conceptualisation formulated in the critical period hypothesis (CPH). Our review shows that the positions taken by researchers are very diverse, something we believe has its basis in a lack of explicit hypothesis formulation and the use of insufficiently sensitive research instruments. Researchers disagree whether all , only some , or …
Implicational Patterns in Interlanguage Syntax Variation
In this paper, the acquisition of Swedish syntax of negation by adult second‐language learners has been studied. Insights into the route of acquisition have been gained through a close examination of the learners' variation in their placement of the negative element, i.e., the way in which some learners variably place the negation before and after the finite verb. This type of variation has previously been seen as random and irregular, but throug…
Lexical characteristics of near‐native second‐language learners of Swedish
Various aspects of the vocabulary of near‐native second‐language learners of Swedish were analysed and compared to that of matched native Swedish speakers. Quantitative measures of lexical usage focussed upon comprised lexical density, lexical variation and lexical sophistication. Further, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of lexical errors was carried out. Data were elicited from 36 students attending the second‐year course of the Swedish …
Implicational Patterns in Interlanguage Syntax Variation
In this paper, the acquisition of Swedish syntax of negation by adult second‐language learners has been studied. Insights into the route of acquisition have been gained through a close examination of the learners' variation in their placement of the negative element, i.e., the way in which some learners variably place the negation before and after the finite verb. This type of variation has previously been seen as random and irregular, but throug…
Exchange on Descriptive Adequacy and Psychological Plausibility
Lexical characteristics of near‐native second‐language learners of Swedish
Various aspects of the vocabulary of near‐native second‐language learners of Swedish were analysed and compared to that of matched native Swedish speakers. Quantitative measures of lexical usage focussed upon comprised lexical density, lexical variation and lexical sophistication. Further, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of lexical errors was carried out. Data were elicited from 36 students attending the second‐year course of the Swedish …
Bilingualism across the Lifespan
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan examines the dynamics of bilingual language processing over time from the perspectives of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. This multidisciplinary approach is fundamental to an understanding of how the bilingual's two (or more) language systems interact with each other and with other higher cognitive systems, neurological substrates, and social systems - a central theme of this volume. Cont…
Who can become native-like in a second language? All, some, or none
This paper discusses research that has been carried out on maturational constraints for SLA, specifically on the conceptualisation formulated in the critical period hypothesis (CPH). Our review shows that the positions taken by researchers are very diverse, something we believe has its basis in a lack of explicit hypothesis formulation and the use of insufficiently sensitive research instruments. Researchers disagree whether all , only some , or …
Maturational Constraints in SLA
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Maturational Constraints as the Default Hypothesis The Empirical Evidence Theoretical Foundations Toward an Understanding of the Role of Maturation Future Research: Basic Methodological Requirements A Final Remark
The Robustness of Aptitude Effects in Near-Native Second Language Acquisition
Results from a number of recent studies suggest that nativelike adult second language (L2) learners possess a high degree of language learning aptitude, the positive effects of which may have compensated for the negative effects of a critical period in these learners. According to the same studies, child learners seem to attain a nativelike command of the L2 regardless of high or low aptitude, which has led researchers to conclude that this facto…
Age of Onset and Nativelikeness in a Second Language
The incidence of nativelikeness in adult second language acquisition is a controversial issue in SLA research. Although some researchers claim that any learner, regardless of age of acquisition, can attain nativelike levels of second language (L2) proficiency, others hold that attainment of nativelike proficiency is, in principle, impossible. The discussion has traditionally been framed within the paradigm of a critical period for language acquis…
The Role of Language Aptitude in First Language Attrition
While language aptitude has been investigated actively within second language research, there is a current dearth of research on the effects of aptitude in cases of attrition. The aim of the present investigation was to explore the role of language aptitude for L1 proficiency in speakers who experienced a break with their L1 setting prior to puberty. Twenty-five L1 Spanish—L2 Swedish bilinguals residing in Sweden participated in the study, and 15…
Foreign language provision at secondary level in Sweden
Critical Period
The scholarly discussion on the notion of a critical period (CP) for language acquisition dates back to the 1950s and 1960s, when first Wilder Penfield and Lamar Roberts (1959) and later Eric Lenneberg (1967) suggested that differences in the outcomes of child and adult second language acquisition most likely had a biological basis.
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan
Effects of Age of Learning on Voice Onset Time
This study examined the effects of age of onset (AO) of L2 acquisition on the categorical perception of the voicing contrast in Swedish word-initial stops varying in voice onset time (VOT). Three voicing continua created on the basis of natural Swedish word pairs with /p-b/, /t-d/, /k-/ in initial position were presented to 41 Spanish early (AO 12) near-native speakers of L2 Swedish. Fifteen native speakers of Swedish served as controls. Categori…
Advanced Proficiency and Exceptional Ability in Second Languages
Advanced Proficiency and Exceptional Ability in Second Languages
Entangled Discourses
peer reviewed
Critical Period
This entry departs from the early scholarly discussion on the notion of a critical period (CP) for language acquisition by Wilder Penfield and Lamar Roberts and later Eric Lenneberg. These authors suggested that differences in the outcomes of child and adult second language acquisition most likely had a biological basis. The notion of a CP had its origin in the biological sciences and was used by ethologists to account for the observation that sp…
Age of acquisition – not bilingualism – is the primary determinant of less than nativelike L2 ultimate attainment
It has recently been suggested that bilingualism, rather than age of acquisition, is what underlies less than nativelike attainment in childhood L2 acquisition. Currently, however, the empirical evidence in favor of or against this interpretation remains scarce. The present study sets out to fill this gap, implementing a novel factorial design in which the variables age of acquisition and bilingualism have been fully crossed. Eighty speakers of S…
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