Deictic pronouns in the speech of foreigners studying Russian as second language
The article regards special characteristics of the process of pronominal deictic system acquisition in Russian as second language, in comparison to acquisition of Russian grammar features in general. The second language acquisition patterns are revealed in an experiment and compared to those in the first language acquisition. It is stated, that most important features of deictic system in the speech of young children depend on the level of cognitive development and therefore cannot be met in foreign speakers, though their own speech errors are result of misunderstanding of the formal side of Russian grammar system.