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An Integrative Account Model of Language Learning (Rodriguez-Fornells et al.)
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Initial language acquisition at infants and learning second languages at adult level are two different subjects that have been widely scrutinized both by neurophysiologically and neuropsychologically. But still there are much more unknown parts about the brain mechanisms involved in these processes. Several researchers employed brain imaging techniques such as ERPs and magnetic resonance to find out some cues about the interaction of brain regions in achieving and then maintain this complex task of language learning. Current study focuses on this issue in terms of word extraction from speech, figuring out the grammatical construction of them and finally understanding the mechanism which conveys meaning of verbal context. Several other related brain imaging data have been reviewed during the current research and this data is used in the justification of the proposed model with respect to interaction of different paths in the brain for language processing.
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