Includes bibliographical references and index.

The scope of inquiry and goals of SLA / Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long -- On the nature of interlanguage representation : universal grammar in the second language / Lydia White -- The radical middle : nativism without universal grammar / William O'Grady -- Constructions, chunking, and connectionism : the emergence of second language structure / Nick C. Ellis -- Cognitive processes in second language learners and bilinguals : the development of lexical and conceptual representations / Judith F. Kroll and Gretchen Sunderman -- Near-nativeness / Antonella Sorace -- Language socialization in SLA / Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and Sarah Nielsen -- Social context / Jeff Siegel -- Input and interaction / Susan M. Gass -- Instructed SLA : constraints, compensation, and enhancement / Catherine J. Doughty -- Implicit and explicit learning / Robert DeKeyser -- Incidental and intentional learning / Jan H. Hulstijn -- Automaticity and second languages / Norman Segalowitz -- Variation / Suzanne Romaine -- Cross-linguistic influence / Terence Odlin -- Stabilization and fossilization in interlanguage development / Michael H. Long -- Maturational constraints in SLA / Kenneth Hyltenstam and Niclas Abrahamsson -- Individual differences in second language learning / Zoltán Dörnyei and Peter Skehan -- Attention and memory during SLA / Peter Robinson -- Language processing capacity / Manfred Pienemann -- Defining and measuring SLA / John Norris and Lourdes Ortega -- Data collection in SLA research / Craig Chaudron -- SLA theory : construction and assessment / Kevin R. Gregg -- SLA and cognitive science / Michael H. Long and Catherine J. Doughty.