Second language acquisition : introduction, foundations, and overview / William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia -- The logical and developmental problems of second language acquisition / Kevin R. Gregg -- Universal grammar and second language acquisition : current trends and new directions / Lydia White -- A parameter-setting approach to second language acquisition / Suzanne Flynn -- Maturation and the issue of universal grammar in second language acquisition / Jacquelyn Schachter -- A functional-typological approach to second language acquisition theory / Fred R. Eckman -- Information-processing approaches to research on second language acquisition and use / Barry McLaughlin and Roberto Heredia -- Variationist linguistics and second language acquisition / Dennis Preston -- Second language speech / Jonathan Leather and Allan James -- Second language acquisition and linguistic theory : the role of language transfer / Susan Gass -- Issues in second language acquisition research : examining substance and procedure / David Nunan -- The use of acceptability judgments in second language acquisition research / Antonella Sorace -- The role of the linguistic environment in second language acquisition / Michael H. Long -- The acquisition of English syntax by deaf learners / Gerald P. Berent -- Neurolinguistics of second language acquisition and use / Loraine K. Obler and Sharon Hannigan -- The primacy of aspect in first and second language acquisition : the pidgin-creole connection / Roger W. Andersen and Yasuhiro Shirai -- Bilingualism / Suzanne Romaine -- Primary language attrition in the context of bilingualism / Herbert W. Seliger -- Bilingual language mixing, universal grammar, and second language acquisition / Tej K. Bhatia and William C. Ritchie.