... the complete loss of memory due a disease or an accident. We are thus left with three types of comparison: 1. First language acquisition in children vs second language acquisition in adults (Type A) 2. First and second language acquisition in children (Type B) 3. Second language acquisition in adults and children (Type C) In type A comparison language and age are being manipulated. This type of comparison is probably the most traditional, but also the most difficult because of the vast differences, both mentally and physically, between a child and an adult. In Type B comparison, two comparisons are actually possible: 1) child acquiring L1 and L2 at the same time or, 2) child acquiring L2 at a later age. The first comparison would likely occur in a home where two languages are spoken or, like close friends of the writer, where the parents spoke the same language but the child (from ...

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