The L1=L2 hypothesis is important because it raises so many key issues. The evidence that I have presented in this paper has at least partially supported the idea. If one considers the great cognitive and affective differences be-tween very young children and adults, the similarities in the language they produce is striking. This is shown by the research into morphemes indicating a similar order of acquisition as well as arguments supporting the fact that L2 learners might have continued access to Universal Grammar. However, as Ellis (1994) states : "Much of this research has made use of gr...
