Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Background to the L2 User -- 2. Lexical Representation and Lexical Processing in the L2 User -- 3. The Phonology of the L2 User -- 4. A Minimalist Approach to L2 Solves a Dilemma of UG -- 5. Development of L2 Functional Use -- 6. Cognitive Processes of L2 Users -- 7. Portrait of the Bilingual Child -- 8. The Neurolinguistics of L2 Users -- 9. Individual Differences in L2 Fluency: The Effect of Neurobiological Correlates -- 10. Language Attrition: Tests, Self-assessments and Perceptions -- 11. Poststructuralist Approaches to the Study of Social Factors in Second Language Learning and Use -- 12. Second Language Learners' Rights -- 13. Language Teaching Methodology and the L2 User Perspective -- Index