A theoretical introduction to the markedness model / Carol Myers-Scotton -- Implicatures of styleswitching in the narrative voice of Cormac McCarthy's All the pretty horses / Nancy Kreml -- Marked grammatical structures / Carol Myers-Scotton -- Markedness and references to characters in Biblical Hebrew narratives / Timothy Wilt -- Literariness, markedness, and surprise in poetry / Amittai F. Aviram -- Villainous boys / Trevor Howard-Hill -- Markedness and styleswitching in performances by African American drag queens / Rusty Barrett -- Styleswitching in southern English / Margaret Mishoe -- Marked versus unmarked choices on the auto factory floor / Janice Bernsten -- Not quite right / Mary Sue Sroda.