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Buchstaller, Isabelle. 2015. Exploring linguistic malleability across the life span: Age-specific patterns in quotative use. Language in Society 44 (4) : 457–496.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | ideology | language change | language use | quotative

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper examines the level and sort of instability that occurs across the individual life span during change in progress in the quotative system, as exemplified by participants' use of the English 'be like'. Exploratory findings suggest ‘life-span change’ (Sankoff 2005) in quotative use.