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An eminent neurologist, Eric Lenneberg （1967）, pointed out thatthe human capacity for language acquisition develops according to the brain'sbiological schedules. Native language learning, he claimed, begins with the start ofa state of "resonance in the child which lasts from about two until about thirteen,the beginning of puberty. The evidence for this so-called critical period forlanguage acquisition offered by Lindbergh was clinical. Children aged two or three who suffer brain damage may lose all or part of thelanguage they have learned, but are able to begin the learning process again.What's more, they often progress at a faster rate than before. When children sufferaphasia between four and ten and begin learning language again, recovery isusually complete, even if it would take several years. However, aphasia sufferedafter puberty are rarely recovered from completely, and among those occurring afterage eighteen, recovery is the exception rather than the rule, partial or totallanguage loss usually being permanent. ……
