Appendix

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword xiii
4. Acknowledgements xv
5. Introduction. Why study adult talk? xvii
6. Chapter 1. Age as a sociolinguistic variable 1
7. Chapter 2. Contextualising age-related research 17
8. Chapter 3. How to build and use a corpus for age-related research 31
9. Chapter 4. Hedging 47
10. Chapter 5. Vague category markers 85
11. Chapter 6. Amplifiers 111
12. Chapter 7. Boosters 135
13. Chapter 8. Taboo language 163
14. Chapter 9. Conclusion 205
15. References 211
16. Appendix 225
17. Index 229