Book notice: Child Second Language Acquisition

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Child Second Language Acquisition: A bi-directional study of English and
Italian tense-aspect morphology
Series Title: Studies in Bilingualism 35

Published: 2007 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/


Author: Sonia Rocca

Abstract:

As one of the first books in child second language acquisition (SLA), this
book focuses on the core area of tense-aspect morphology, reporting on
three L1-Italian children learning L2 English vs. three L1-English
children learning L2 Italian. An innovative longitudinal/bidirectional
research design, where two languages represent both source and target,
show effects of language transfer in learners that, because of their age,
still have potential to become native-speakers of the target. An unusual
feature of this book is that relevant studies of acquisition of L2
Italian, some heretofore only in Italian, are reviewed, incorporated into
the study and made available to a more general audience. Though the main
focus is on child SLA, crucial comparisons to both first language
acquisition vs.  adult SLA are presented. This approach will thus be of
interest more generally to readers in first and second language
acquisition and child development.

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