This study examined whether resolving ambiguous pronouns in a second language is guided by the first language preferences of the learners. Given the fact that the typologically closely related languages, German and Dutch, have both been found to use personal pronouns (German er, Dutch hij; 'he') to refer to topical antecedents, and d-pronouns (German der, Dutch die; 'he')for non-topical co-reference , it was asked whether Dutch second language learners of German would exhibit similar preferences when resolving the two pronominal forms in their second language. The results showed differences in resolution patterns: the Dutch learners of German showed an overall topic preference across pronouns which became more target-like at higher proficiency levels.

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