Notes on Contributors The Context of Phonology; M.C.Pennington Phonology in Infancy and Early Implications for Theories of Language Learning; S.L.Velleman & M.M.Vihman The Description and Acquisition of Variable Phonological Phonology and Sociolinguistics; P.Kerswill & L.Shockey Contact Phonology; N.Smith Second-Language The Role of Perception; P.Escudero The Visual Element in Phonological Perception and Learning; D.M.Hardison Sounds, Brain, and Or, Why Phonology Is Plural; A.McMahon Situated Patterns of Phonology in Discourse Contexts; E.Couper-Kuhlen Phonology and Literacy; K.Koda Research and Practice in Developmental Phonological Disorders; F.E.Gibbon Technological Advances in Researching and Teaching Phonology; D.M.Chun Index