<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><B>EARLY TRILINGUALISM</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">A Focus on Questions<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">Julia Barnes (University of Mondragon)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><I>All those of us interested in multilingualism have had to wait a long time for a thorough account of trilingual language acquisition similar to those studies in child bilingualism that have become classics. Julia Barnes’ book fills this gap admirably. It is meticulously researched, abounds with primary data and offers many new insights. It will be warmly welcomed by those concerned with the natural acquisition and development of more than one language in both monolingual and multilingual contexts</I></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB">. Charlotte Hoffmann, University of Salford, UK</SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><I>‘Early trilingualism’ is a fascinating book which breaks new ground in the study of multilingualism. It</I><SPAN style="color:black"><I> is clearly organized, and presents an in-depth analysis of</I></SPAN><I> form and function in early questioning behaviour. It should be of great interest not only to researchers in language acquisition and multilingualism but also to all those interested in pragmatics, sociolinguistics and child development.</I></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> Jasone Cenoz, </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB">University of the Basque Country</SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoBodyText2" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoBodyText2" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">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.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It focuses on her acquisition of the form and function of English questions.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><B>Contents</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoPlainText"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" style="">Introduction</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoPlainText"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoPlainText"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">Chapter 1. Bilingual and trilingual acquisition; Chapter 2. The development of interrogative behaviour</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoPlainText"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>Part II: The Acquisition Of English Question Form And</B></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><B>Function In A Trilingual Child</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoPlainText"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">Chapter 3. Research questions and design ; Chapter 4. Research findings; Chapter 5. Interpretation of the findings</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"> </SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoPlainText" style="tab-stops:198.45pt 255.15pt 368.55pt"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman">Second Language Acquisition No. 16</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><B>January 2006</B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN>Format: 210 x 148mm<SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"> </SPAN>256 pp<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">Hbk ISBN 1-85359-854-2/ EAN 978-1-85359-854-8<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>£49.95/ US$89.95/ CAN$109.95<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">Ebook ISBN 1-85359-855-0 /EAN 978-1-85359-855-5<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>£49.95/ US$89.95/ CAN$109.95<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Adobe format)</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">For further information and to order at 20% discount, click on the following link:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><A href="http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853598542">http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853598542</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>