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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826573103321

Autore

Barnes Julia D. <1957->

Titolo

Early trilingualism : a focus on questions / / Julia D. Barnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, England ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2006

ISBN

1-78892-026-0

1-280-55101-1

9786610551019

1-85359-855-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition ; ; 16

Disciplina

306.44/6/09466

Soggetti

Multilingualism in children

Second language acquisition

English language - Interrogative

English language - Acquisition

Children - Spain - País Vasco - Language

País Vasco (Spain) Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Bilingual and Trilingual Acquisition -- Chapter 2. The Development of Interrogative Behaviour -- Chapter 3. Research Questions and Design -- Chapter 4. The Findings -- Chapter 5. Interpretation of the Findings -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.