minimalist approach intrasentential code switching jeff macswan macswan jeff minimalist approach intrasentential code switching 08153 3274 2 cloth pages 329 71 garland publishing outstanding dissertations linguistics book explores consequences chomsky minimalist program data bilingual language mixture model developed lexical items may drawn lexicon either language introduce features numeration must checked convergence way monolingual features must checked must mismatch author proposed disjunction theorem provides code switching impossible computation n since rule ordering constraint ranking associated phonological component preserved union code switching extensive discussion shows analyses previous constraintoriented proposals may derived basic featurechecking apparatus system original corpus spanish nahuatl code switching data additionally presented work also discusses applied issues bilingualism touching upon assessment tracking minoritylanguage students notions bilingual competence attributed language deficits author contends code switchers exquisitely sensitive extremely subtle requirements languages monolinguals sensitive book interest scholars linguistics bilingualism language education e mail info garland com