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Constraints on Language Mixing: Intrasentential Code-Switching and Borrowing in Spanish/English

Language, 1979
Mixture of Spanish and English, whether in isolated loan words or in code-switching of clauses and sentences, while socially motivated, is subject to clear linguistic constraints. Quantitative analysis of mixing in conversations of Mexican-Americans suggests specific functional constraints to express tense/aspect/mood and subject/object relationships ...
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English–Afrikaans intrasentential code switching: Testing a feature checking account

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2009
The work presented here aims to account for the structure of intrasentential code switching between English and Afrikaans within the framework of feature checking theory, a theory associated with minimalist syntax. Six constructions in which verb position differs between English and Afrikaans were analysed in terms of differences in the strength of ...
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