Date: 10-Jan-2006 From: Kathryn King <marketingmultilingual-matters.com> Subject: Early Trilingualism: Barnes
Title: Early Trilingualism
Subtitle: A Focus on Questions
Series Title: Second Language Acquisition
Published: 2006
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Author: Julia D Barnes, University of Mondragon
Hardback: ISBN: 1853598542 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 89.95
Hardback: ISBN: 1853598542 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 49.95
Abstract:
The book describes how a trilingual child in the Basque Country, where Spanish and Basque are the languages of the community, is able to successfully acquire English at home through interaction with her mother. It focuses on her acquisition of the form and function of English questions.
Linguistic Field(s):
Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): Basque (eus)
English (eng)
Spanish (spa)