This unique collection of articles in honor of Marianne Mithun represents the very latest in research on language contact and language change in the Indigenous

Language-contact phenomena in Mesoamerica and adjacent regions present an exciting field for research that has the potential to significantly contribute to our

Languages in a situation of contact, whether they are receding or being maintained by their speakers, are characterized by constant and rapid change. Thus they

This book brings together papers that discuss social and structural aspects of language contact and language change. Several papers look at the relevance of his

Mutual Influence in Situations of Spanish Language Contact in the Americas focuses on the structural results of contact between Spanish and Maya, Quechua, Guara