Australian English Sound Change - Speech Resource Pages ...
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Age as a Variable<br />
• Possible age related effects<br />
– accent stabilises after some critical age?<br />
– age grading? (age related changes that may repeat<br />
in successive generations)<br />
– adult change? (Harrington et al study of QEII)<br />
• Reality<br />
– is probably a combination of all three<br />
– there is a gradual increase in the difference between<br />
an individual and the community with age.
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