Explore the fascinating frontiers of language creation and language change. This authoritative volume offers groundbreaking insights into creolization, diachrony, and linguistic development, comparing diverse language evolution scenarios. Discover the mental foundations of how languages are born and transform, integrating data from speech and gesture across unique acquisition environments. Essential for advanced students and researchers in linguistics and language sciences, it illuminates syntactic shifts, parameter setting, and the conceptual underpinnings of linguistic transformation. A must-read for understanding the dynamic processes shaping human communication, highly relevant for India’s rich linguistic tapestry.