L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis: Dialogues

In This Volume, Second Language (l2) Acquisition Researchers And Creolists Engage In A Dialogue, Focusing On Processes At Work In L2 Acquisition And Creole Genesis. The Volume Opens With An Overview Of The Relationship Between L2 Acquisition And Pidgins/creoles (siegel). The First Group Of Papers Addresses Current Language Contact At A Societal Or An Individual Level (smith; Terrill And Dunn; Bruhn De Garavito And Atoche; Liceras Et Al.; Müller). The Second Section Focuses On Processes Characterizing Various Stages Of L2 Acquisition And Creole Genesis: Relexification And Transfer From The L1 And Their Role In The Initial State (sprouse; Schwartz; Kouwenberg; Aboh; Ionin). Chapters In The Third Section Discuss Processes Involved In Developing Grammars, Namely, Reanalysis And Restructuring (sánchez; Brousseau And Nikiema; Steele And Brousseau). The Final Section Concentrates On Fossilization And The End State (cornips And Hulk; Montrul; Lardiere). Between Them, The Chapters Cover Lexical, Morphological, Phonological, Semantic And Syntactic Properties Of Interlanguage Grammars And Creole Grammars.