Language Variation and Language Change Across the Lifespan: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives from Panel Studies

Bys: Isabelle Buchstaller and Karen V. Beaman

Book Overview

This volume brings together research on panel studies with the aim of providing a coherent empirical and theoretical knowledge-base for examining the impact of maturation and lifespan-specific effects on linguistic malleability in the post-adolescent speaker. Building on the work of Wagner and Buchstaller (2018), the present collection offers a critical examination of the theoretical implications of panel research across a range of geographic regions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367141213
• ISBN13: 9780367141219
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"