This book deals with the phenomenon of third language (L3) acquisition. As a research field, L3 acquisition is established as a branch of multilingualism that i

This volume provides new insights into various issues on prosody in contact situations, contact referring here to the L2 acquisition process as well as to situa

This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the study of second language learning, multilingualism and gender. An impressive array of papers situated w

**Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the lat

The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of spe