Just act your age! An introduction to language and age
Linguistics HQ by Dr Rebecca Mitchell
Episode notes
Does language use really get worse over time, or are we just getting older? Is slang just too skibidi for a parliamentary speech? And for how long have we been at risk of brain rot? This episode, which looks at the relationship between age and language use, will answer all of these questions and more!
Keywords
linguisticssocial sciencespeechcommunicationmeaningsoundsphoneticssyntaxgrammarcodeswitchingword creationmorphologyphonologypragmaticssociolinguisticslanguagewordEnglishverbsevolutionslang