PHYLLIS GHIM-LIAN CHEW is Associate Professor, English Language Methodology and Sociolinguistics, Nanyang Technological University, Japan NKONKO M. KAMWANGAMALU is Professor of Linguistics, Howard University, USARAJESHWARI V. PANDHARIPANDE is Professor of Linguistics and Religious Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USAAALIYA RAJAH-CARRIM is a sociolinguist actively involved in disseminating her research on Mauritian Creole among lay people in MauritiusDIPO SALAMI is Professor of Linguistics, Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaBERNARD SPOLSKY is Professor Emeritus at Bar-Ilan University, IsraelJIM WILCE is Professor of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, USAAZZAN YADIN is Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature, Rutgers University, USAGHIL'AD ZUCKERMANN is Associate Professor and Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Fellow in linguistics at The University of Queensland, Australia