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Peer reviewedPearson, Barbara Zurer; Fernandez, Sylvia C. – Language Learning, 1994
Patterns of growth in one language in relation to growth in the other and also with respect to growth in both languages were studied in a group of 20 bilingual (English/Spanish) infants ages 10 to 30 months. The rate and pace of development were similar in both groups; differences among the bilinguals included their use of "referential"…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedBuczowska, Ewa; Weist, Richard M. – Language Learning, 1991
Comparison of temporal system acquisition between native English-speaking children and Polish adults learning English revealed that, although native learners comprehended absolute temporal contrasts first and relative components later, the second language-learners' initial temporal systems had both absolute and relative dimensions. (36 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedGierut, Judith A. – Language Learning, 1988
Integrates the phonological research concerns of two language-learning populations: (1) adults acquiring a second language, and (2) children learning to correct functional speech sound errors. The basic theoretical and pedagogical aims overlapped for the two populations, and the results of research on either population had strong potential for…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
