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ERIC Number: EJ435999
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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The Effects of Formal Instruction on the Second-Language Acquisition of Temporal Location.
Buczowska, Ewa; Weist, Richard M.
Language Learning, v41 n4 p535-54 Dec 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) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Native Speakers, Polish, Second Language Learning, Time Perspective, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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