24.914 | Spring 2019 | Undergraduate

Language Variation and Change

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A young woman waving out of an open car window, and another image of the same woman when much older, wearing a crown and waving out the window of a state coach.
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Linguists have documented the ways in which Queen Elizabeth II’s accent, often regarded as a standard for formal spoken English, changed over the first six decades of her reign. (Left: public domain photo courtesy of Queensland State Archives on Flickr. Right: photo courtesy of Michael Garnett on Flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA.)
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Left: public domain photo courtesy of Queensland State Archives on Flickr. Right: photo courtesy of
A young woman waving out of an open car window, and another image of the same woman when much older, wearing a crown and waving out the window of a state coach.

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