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<p>The <b>critical period hypothesis</b> is a hypothesis within the field of <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a> and second language acquisition that claims a person can achieve native-like fluency in a language only before a certain age. It is the subject of a long-standing debate in linguistics and language acquisition over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to developmental stages of the brain. The critical period hypothesis was first proposed by Montreal neurologist <a href="page.php?w=Wilder_Penfield">Wilder Penfield</a></p><p>
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