UG AND ACQUISITION IN PIDGINIZATION AND CREOLIZATION

I examine the target article's hypothesis in light of pidginization an d creolization (P/C) phenomena. L-1-to-L-2 transfer has been argued to be the ''central process'' in P/C via relexification. This seems inco mpatible with the view that UG sans L-1 plays the central role in L2A. I sketch a proposal that reconciles the hypothesis in the target arti cle with, inter alia, the effects of transfer in P/C.