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This mixed-methods study investigates the link between accent and identity in an English as a lingua franca setting. A quantitative speech data analysis of eight phonetic features describes the German and French speakers' accents, while a qualitative analysis of introspective interview data exhibits how they differ in terms of identity.

This book explores simultaneous trilingual siblings' code switching behavior focusing on their minority language development combined with a thorough examination of their parent's input. The book argues code switching is an organic building block in a child's multilingual system and provides a picture of its developmental process.

Early literacy is tackled from different angles. In this book, researchers from Germany, Spain and Australia focus on learning to read and spell in two languages as well as on models and stages in the acquisition of literacy.