• This volume provides an overview of contemporary second language acquisition from a linguistic point of view.
  
  
  
• Witten by leading scholars, it contains some of the most exciting current work in second language acquisition available today.
  
  
  
• Each of the newly commissioned chapters outlines core problems and research in a specific domain, before going on to present important new developments and original research.
  
  
  
• Contributors include Cynthia Brown, Martha Young-Scholten, John Archibald, Donna Lardiere, Lydia White, Bonnie D. Schwartz, Rex A. Sprouse, Alan Juffs, and Gary Libben.