Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Language Use and Identity -- 2 A Theoretical Approach to the Study of Language, Culture, and Identity -- 3 History of Contact in the K[sup(w)]ak[sup(w)]aka'wak[sup(w)] Region -- 4 Grammatical, Phonological, and Lexical Changes to K[sup(w)]ak'[sup(w)]ala -- 5 Language Use in Context -- 6 Conclusion: Continuity and Change in Language and Language Use -- Appendix: List of Suffixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.