This book offers a selection of papers dealing with second language acquisition, foreign language teaching and creole linguistics inspired by the scientific leg

A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.

An overview of the socio-historical development of some one hundred different pidgins and creoles.

For review see: Daniel J. Crowley, in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 70, no. 1 & 2 (1996); p. 188-190.

Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying sec