Section 7 Language change

7.1 How has English changed?
7.2 How language changes
7.3 Language change in the digital world
7.4 Theories of language change
7.5 Collecting and analysing language data
7.6 Measuring language change
7.7 Practice and self-assessment

Section 8 Child language acquisition

8.1 Features of spoken language
8.2 Conversational interaction
8.3 Transcribing speech
8.4 The main stages of early language development
8.5 Language development from five to eight years
8.6 The functions of children’s language
8.7 Theories of language acquisition
8.8 Practice and self-assessment

Section 9 English in the world

9.1 The status of English
9.2 Whose English is it anyway?
9.3 Varieties of English
9.4 British and American English
9.5 Language dominance and language death
9.6 Practice and self-assessment

Section 10 Language and the self

10.1 Language and self-identity
10.2 Theories of language and self-identity
10.3 Language and thought
10.4 Language and social identity
10.5 Teenage and gender group identity
10.6 The language of inclusion and exclusion
10.7 Speech sounds and accents
10.8 Practice and self-assessment