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Buczowska, 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)