Code-switching--the alternating use of several languages by bilingual speakers--does not usually indicate lack of competence on the part of the speaker, but results from complex language skills. The r
This text examines the close historical and linguistic relationship between the languages of Surinam in the Caribbean and Benin in West-Africa. It presents the findings of nine contributors that contr
This book surveys multi-verb constructions in multiple languages from the Americas, showing a very rich tapestry of typologically unusual constructions, including serial verbs, auxiliaries, co-verbs,