First Published in 1991. This work is a follow-up on the European Science Foundation Project (ESF) entitled the Ecology of Adult Language Acquisition. The subject of this study is the process of untutored language acquisition in adults and the focus is on Turkish and Moroccan immigrants during the first three years of their stay in the Netherlands.

Peter Broeder University of Tilburg, The Netherlands

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Study of Language Acquisition; Chapter 3 Informants and Data Base; Chapter 4 Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Pronouns; Chapter 5 First and Second Role Pronominal Reference; Chapter 6 Third Role Pronominal Reference; Chapter 7 Referential Movement; Chapter 8 Reference to Possession; Chapter 9 Conclusions and Outlook;