Table of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgementsxv
Introduction. Why study adult talk?
Chapter 1. Age as a sociolinguistic variable
Chapter 2. Contextualising age-related research
Chapter 3. How to build and use a corpus for age-related research
Chapter 4. Hedging
Chapter 5. Vague category markers
Chapter 6. Amplifiers
Chapter 7. Boosters
Chapter 8. Taboo language
Chapter 9. Conclusion
References
Appendix
Index
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