Adam Mearns
List of John Benjamins publications for which Adam Mearns plays a role.
Articles
2022 Exploring age-related changes in the realisation of (t): Panel research from Tyneside English World-Wide 43:3, pp. 297–329 | Article
An understanding of linguistic heterogeneity in older speakers is crucial for the study of language variation and change. To date, intra-speaker malleability in older populations remains under-researched, in varieties of English and more generally. This paper contributes panel data to the… read more
2015 Tyneside Researching Northern English, Hickey, Raymond (ed.), pp. 161–182 | Article
Tyneside is an area of North East England consisting mainly of a conurbation centred on the city of Newcastle and the town of Gateshead, on either side of the River Tyne. This chapter outlines distinctive features and key changes in the accent and dialect of this region, linking current… read more