Smith, J. and Holmes-Elliott, S. (2022) Tracking linguistic change in childhood: transmission, incrementation, and vernacular reorganization. Language, 98(1), pp. 98-122. (doi: 10.1353/lan.2021.0087)
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Abstract
The mechanisms underlying linguistic change are well documented for adolescent and adult speech, but much less is known about how such change emerges in the childhood years. In this article we address this gap by conducting a real-time analysis of the acquisition of a rapidly expanding variable in young speakers, first in preschool and later in preadolescence. By tracking a variable undergoing change at two key stages of sociolinguistic development, transmission and incrementation, we observe directly the processes operating on individual and community grammars as children shift to the leading edge of change.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Holmes-Elliott, Dr Sophie and Smith, Professor Jennifer |
| Authors: | Smith, J., and Holmes-Elliott, S. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics |
| Journal Name: | Language |
| Publisher: | Linguistic Society of America |
| ISSN: | 0097-8507 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1535-0665 |
| Published Online: | 23 March 2022 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 Jennifer Smith & Sophie Holmes-Elliott |
| First Published: | First published in Language 98(1): 98-122 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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