Braidi's new textbook is intended to provide an overview of multiple perspectives onthe acquisition of second language syntax to “applied linguistics students” and“prospective L2 teachers” (preface, p. vii). After an introduction that lays a gooddeal of historical and conceptual groundwork, we find a chapter on “first-language andsecond-language interrelations” and then the core of the volume comprising a chaptereach on Universal Grammar (UG) perspectives, perspectives based in typological universals,processing approaches, and functional approaches. She ends with a conclusion that summarizesmajor findings and discusses implications for her readership. The text includes fairly extensivereferences as well as name, language, and subject indexes.