The comprehension of relative clauses by monolingual and bilingual speakers of Portuguese and English

Abstract

The present study investigates the comprehension of Portuguese
and English ambiguous relative sentences by native and L2 learners of
both English and Portuguese. Our preliminary results in an offline
questionnaire seem to indicate that Universal Grammar principles may
not be directly accessible to adult L2 learners as it is to child L1 learners
because L1 processing strategies may be influencing the comprehension
of L2 input.

DOI: 10.28998/0103-6858.2001n28-29p29-41