General introduction -- The state of the art in second language acquisition research -- Crosslinguistic influence with special reference to the acquisition of grammar -- Methodological issues -- Second language acquisition by adult immigrants: A multiple case study of Turkish and Moroccan learners of Dutch -- Processing -- Some experimental tasks in the study of word recognition -- Strategies -- Syntax: Principles -- Universal grammar in second language acquisition -- Are there principles of universal grammar that do not apply to second language acquisition? -- Syntax: Parameters -- Parameters in non-native language acquisition -- Parameter setting and the acquisition of wh-questions in L2 French -- Phonology -- A new research programme for the L2 acquisition of phonology -- Second language phonology -- Speech perception and L2 phonological acquisition -- The lexicon -- Lexicon and grammar in second language learning -- The lexicon in second language acquisition -- Acquisition and learning -- Input and instruction in second language acquisition -- Index.