Isabelle Buchstaller is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.Karen V. Beaman is Lecturer in the Quantitative Linguistics department at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsTowards an understanding of stylistic choices in change across the lifespanIsabelle Buchstaller and Karen V. BeamanPART I. Style and SocioindexicalityAgeing in style: Towards disentangling style-shifting and lifespan changeJames Grama, Isabelle Buchstaller, Anne-Marie Moelders, Lea Bauernfeind and Mirjam EiswithInvestigating age effects in the perception of (ing): A study on professionalism ratings from the North East of EnglandJohanna MechlerChange in language attitudes in real-time: Results from the Ulrichsberg project in AustriaLars Bülow, Philip C. Vergeiner, and Dominik WallnerCommentary – Style and social meaning across the lifespanSuzanne Evans WagnerPART II. Style and Audience DesignTracking stylistic variation over a very long lifespanLaurel MacKenzieStability, change and reversal in public speech: A longitudinal case studyJosiane Riverin-Coutlée and Jonathan HarringtonCommentary – Exploring Stylistic Repertoires Across the Lifespan Silvina Bongiovanni, Betsy Sneller, and Chantal TetreaultPART III. Language ContactChange and Stability: Intra- and inter-individual coherence across the linguistic architectureKaren V. BeamanLifespan change and intragenerational norms in a diverse speech community: Australian English diphthongsElena SheardA panel study of language obsolescence: The fate of (ɡ) in a Pacific Japanese colonial koinéKazuko Matsumoto and David BritainCommentary – Complex contact scenarios in the context of individual lifespan changeDevyani SharmaPART IV. Computational ModelingStructured heterogeneity in language change as a result of inter-speaker heterogeneityGareth J. Baxter, Richard A. Blythe, and William CroftCommentary – The past, present and future of language and aging researchDavid BowieIndex

Isabelle Buchstaller is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.Karen V. Beaman is Lecturer in the Quantitative Linguistics department at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsTowards an understanding of stylistic choices in change across the lifespanIsabelle Buchstaller and Karen V. BeamanPART I. Style and SocioindexicalityAgeing in style: Towards disentangling style-shifting and lifespan changeJames Grama, Isabelle Buchstaller, Anne-Marie Moelders, Lea Bauernfeind and Mirjam EiswithInvestigating age effects in the perception of (ing): A study on professionalism ratings from the North East of EnglandJohanna MechlerChange in language attitudes in real-time: Results from the Ulrichsberg project in AustriaLars Bülow, Philip C. Vergeiner, and Dominik WallnerCommentary – Style and social meaning across the lifespanSuzanne Evans WagnerPART II. Style and Audience DesignTracking stylistic variation over a very long lifespanLaurel MacKenzieStability, change and reversal in public speech: A longitudinal case studyJosiane Riverin-Coutlée and Jonathan HarringtonCommentary – Exploring Stylistic Repertoires Across the Lifespan Silvina Bongiovanni, Betsy Sneller, and Chantal TetreaultPART III. Language ContactChange and Stability: Intra- and inter-individual coherence across the linguistic architectureKaren V. BeamanLifespan change and intragenerational norms in a diverse speech community: Australian English diphthongsElena SheardA panel study of language obsolescence: The fate of (ɡ) in a Pacific Japanese colonial koinéKazuko Matsumoto and David BritainCommentary – Complex contact scenarios in the context of individual lifespan changeDevyani SharmaPART IV. Computational ModelingStructured heterogeneity in language change as a result of inter-speaker heterogeneityGareth J. Baxter, Richard A. Blythe, and William CroftCommentary – The past, present and future of language and aging researchDavid BowieIndex

Isabelle Buchstaller is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.Karen V. Beaman is Lecturer in the Quantitative Linguistics department at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsTowards an understanding of stylistic choices in change across the lifespanIsabelle Buchstaller and Karen V. BeamanPART I. Style and SocioindexicalityAgeing in style: Towards disentangling style-shifting and lifespan changeJames Grama, Isabelle Buchstaller, Anne-Marie Moelders, Lea Bauernfeind and Mirjam EiswithInvestigating age effects in the perception of (ing): A study on professionalism ratings from the North East of EnglandJohanna MechlerChange in language attitudes in real-time: Results from the Ulrichsberg project in AustriaLars Bülow, Philip C. Vergeiner, and Dominik WallnerCommentary – Style and social meaning across the lifespanSuzanne Evans WagnerPART II. Style and Audience DesignTracking stylistic variation over a very long lifespanLaurel MacKenzieStability, change and reversal in public speech: A longitudinal case studyJosiane Riverin-Coutlée and Jonathan HarringtonCommentary – Exploring Stylistic Repertoires Across the Lifespan Silvina Bongiovanni, Betsy Sneller, and Chantal TetreaultPART III. Language ContactChange and Stability: Intra- and inter-individual coherence across the linguistic architectureKaren V. BeamanLifespan change and intragenerational norms in a diverse speech community: Australian English diphthongsElena SheardA panel study of language obsolescence: The fate of (ɡ) in a Pacific Japanese colonial koinéKazuko Matsumoto and David BritainCommentary – Complex contact scenarios in the context of individual lifespan changeDevyani SharmaPART IV. Computational ModelingStructured heterogeneity in language change as a result of inter-speaker heterogeneityGareth J. Baxter, Richard A. Blythe, and William CroftCommentary – The past, present and future of language and aging researchDavid BowieIndex