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Polinsky, Maria – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
This study presents and analyzes the comprehension of relative clauses in child and adult speakers of Russian, comparing monolingual controls with Russian heritage speakers (HSs) who are English-dominant. Monolingual and bilingual children demonstrate full adultlike mastery of relative clauses. Adult HSs, however, are significantly different from…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Child Language, Monolingualism, Word Order

Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
Reports on a study of the classroom acquisition of German word order by adult learners. Results of the study support the claim that classroom and naturalistic second language acquisition of complex grammatical features such as word order follow similar routes. (50 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, German, Grammar