Abstract
Changes in the system of stative possessives have been playing out in the English language for centuries. Our analysis explores linguistic changes across the lifespan of the individual in a small panel study of six speakers recorded first in 1971 and again 2013 in the North East of England. Our analysis explores the effect of speaker-based factors, such as their personalities, their contact with children and the socio-economic trajectory of the individual on their participation in ongoing longitudinal change. Our findings add to the growing number of panel studies that report post-critical age speakers picking up (lifespan change) or, indeed, eschewing (retrograde change) changes in community norms.
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