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Acquisition strategies in a first and second language: are they the same?

ABSTRACT Will adults whose native language is English and children whose native language is Spanish follow the same strategies in acquiring the category of noun gender and its functions in Spanish? This investigation shows that there are significant differences in first- and second-language acquisition. Performance on five tasks eliciting responses containing gender agreement was measured for two groups. Results suggest that there is a developmental progression in acquisition of noun gender for both groups. Nevertheless, on tasks containing grammatical and/or semantic conflict, even the linguistically least-experienced adults reflected correct, adult-like strategies for Spanish gender agreement, whereas only the oldest children performed in this manner.