Studying second language acquisition in the age of large language models: Unlocking the mysteries of language and learning, A commentary on “Age effects in second language acquisition: Expanding the emergentist account” by Catherine L. Caldwell-Harris and Brian MacWhinney

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The preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01HD059858. The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The author thanks Sirada Rochanavibhata, Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim, Matias Fernandez-Duque, Siqi Ning, and Aya Williams for comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence about this article should be addressed to Professor Viorica Marian, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA. Email: [email protected]. The preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01HD059858 . The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The author thanks Sirada Rochanavibhata, Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim, Matias Fernandez-Duque, Siqi Ning, and Aya Williams for comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence about this article should be addressed to Professor Viorica Marian, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA. Email: [email protected] .