Linguists have typically studied language change at the aggregate
level of speech communities, yet key mechanisms of change such as
analogy and automation operate within the minds of individual
language users. Drawing on lifespan data from 50 authors and the
intriguing case of the special passives in the history of English,
this study addresses three fundamental issues relating to
individuality in language change: (i) how variation and change at
the individual level interact with change at the community level;
(ii) how much innovation and change is possible across the adult
lifespan; (iii) and to what extent related linguistic patterns are
associated in individual cognition. As one of the first large-scale
empirical studies to systematically link individual- and
community-based perspectives in language change, this volume breaks
new ground in our understanding of language as a complex adaptive
system.
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