Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ537688
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Publication Date: 1996
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Children, Adolescents, and Language Change.
Kerswill, Paul
Language Variation and Change, v8 n2 p177-202 1996
Models the spread of linguistic change by taking account of the ages of the acquirers and transmitters of change. The article focuses on three interlocutor combinations: parent-infant/young child, peer group-preadolescent and older adolescent/adult-adolescent. Findings suggest that borrowings are the easiest to acquire, while lexically unpredictable phonological changes are the most difficult. (51 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Caregiver Speech, Change Agents, Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Variation, Late Adolescents, Linguistic Borrowing, Models, Morphology (Languages), Oral Language, Parent Influence, Peer Groups, Phonology, Preadolescents, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Young Children
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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