"Lingua Pranca" includes humorous pieces by several linguists who, 30 years later, had gone on to become well known in the field, including Bernard Comrie, Elan Dresher, Norbert Hornstein, D. Terence Langendoen, James D. McCawley, Ken Miner, Robert L. Rankin, and Leonard Talmy.In October 2009, a third anthology, "Collateral Descendant of Lingua Pranca," was released which featured articles from "a number of new contributors," and "several veterans from "Lingua Pranca" and "Son"".