Journal Article Language Emergence: Implications for Applied Linguistics—Introduction to the Special Issue Get access Nick C. Ellis, Nick C. Ellis University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diane Larsen-Freeman Diane Larsen-Freeman University of Michigan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, Volume 27, Issue 4, December 2006, Pages 558–589, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/aml028 Published: 01 December 2006 Article history Accepted: 01 June 2006 Published: 01 December 2006