Connecting the Individual and the Community in Sociolinguisti... - 9781032413082

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Connecting the Individual and the Community in Sociolinguistic Panel ResearchAuthor(s): Isabelle Buchstaller, Karen V. Beaman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032413082, 978-1032413082\nSynopsis\nThis collection engages with key questions in panel study research by exploring more deeply the interrelationship between the individual and the community and the impact on language change across the lifespan.\n\nThe book is organized around four broad themes, each followed by a forward-looking commentary that ties together the key findings from the individual chapters. The first section examines style and socio-indexicality with the goal of disentangling short-term style-shifting from long-term language change. The second section continues with a focus on style, examining audience design and socially meaningful variation in professional settings as an integral component of age- and role-appropriate behavior. The third s.