Language Acquisition After the Critical Period:The Acquisition of the Portuguese Stress System by Adult Dutch Second Language Learners

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This thesis deals with the question whether adult Dutch second language learners of Portuguese have developed intuitions regarding the Portuguese stress system. It does so in relation to Universal Grammar and the theory of Principles and Parameters.

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Universal Grammar, Critical Period, Word stress, Portuguese, Dutch, Second language acquisition, Principles and parameters

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