A recent pubücation dealing with language contact and change ends with the statement that "the field remains chaotic in that it combines concepts from different descriptions. There is no hope for unification, but perhaps the possibüity of greater awareness of what are the common themes and issues" (Muysken 1984: 72). But although this assessment strikes a rather discouraging note, linguists endeavouring to reconcile relevant data with diverging interpretations cannot but continue their search for at least a modicum of uniformity and order. This paper will concentrate briefly on a few key issues such äs scholarly attitudes, the discussion of some selective data in the light of the interlanguage hypothesis, the role of translation in language contact, and finally some of the possible inferences will be considered.
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