This chapter reviews sociophonetic evidence for the emergence of linguistic knowledge: that
is, how knowledge about linguistic units and processes are shaped by socialisation, and by …

The actuation problem asks why a linguistic change occurs in a particular language at a
particular time and space. Responses to this problem are multifaceted. This review …

We use a mathematical model to examine three phenomena involving language change
across the lifespan: the apparent time construct, the adolescent peak, and two different …

The study explored whether an asymmetric phonetic overlap between speech sounds could
be turned into sound change through propagation around a community of speakers. The …

This paper reports on patterns of sociolinguistic variation and change in Manchester's goose
and goat vowels on the basis of the acoustic analysis of 122 speakers, stratified by age …

It has been suggested that the parents of heritage speakers (2nd generation immigrants),
who are the main source of input to them, may exhibit first-language (L1) attrition in their …

This study is concerned with whether an asymmetric phonetic overlap between speaker
groups contributes to the directional spread of sound change. An acoustic analysis of …

The geographical pattern of human dialects is a result of history. Here, we formulate a
simple spatial model of language change which shows that the final result of this historical …

The focus of the study is an agent-based model (ABM) concerned with simulating
phonological stability and change using real speech data from a population of speakers. At …

Iterated learning models of language evolution have typically been used to study the
emergence of language, rather than historical language change. We use iterated learning …