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I: Revelations from Past Trend and Panel Studies II: Insights in the Analysis of Intra-Speaker(In)Stability III: A Glimpse from the Past: Panel Research from Archival Material IV: New Methodological Approaches for Lifespan Studies References I: Revelations from Past Trend and Panel Studies The Beginnings of Panel Research: Individual Language Variation, Change, and Stability in Eskilstuna Introduction Data and Methods in Early Panel Research The Eskilstuna Community The Informant Pool Socioeconomic Status Integration Index Social Mobility The Conversational Interviews The Linguistic Variables Frequency and Geographical Distribution Sociolinguistic Salience Analysis and Results Age Gender Socioeconomic Status Social Mobility Discussion Conclusion Notes References Alignment of Individuals with Community Trends: Subjects from the Portuguese Introduction Data and Methodology The Pronominal System of Brazilian Portuguese Changes Across the Lifespan and Across the Community The Loss of Null Referential Subjects The Loss of Third-Person Accusative Clitic Subject-Verb Agreement Conclusions Notes References Stylistic Variation in Panel Studies of Language Change: Challenge and Opportunity Introduction Stylistic Variation as a Challenge for Panel Studies of Linguistic Change: Exemplifications Fischer The Lanchart Study My Work on Guyanese Creole The Foxy Boston and Tinky Gates Series of Interviews Stylistic Variation as an Opportunity for Panel Studies of Change: «Solutions»Ghyselen's Solution: Five Settings The LANCHART Discourse Context Analysis Topic Analysis as Another Solution Summary and Conclusion Notes References II: Insights in the Analysis of Intra-Speaker (In)Stability Individual and Group Trajectories Across Adulthood in a Sample of Utah English Speakers Introduction Data Source and Panel Results Low Back Merger Onset (wh)Discussion Conclusions Notes References Accent Reversion in Older Adults: Evidence from the Queen's Christmas Broadcasts Introduction Methods Materials Data Preparation and Analysis Results Discussion Summary and Conclusions References III: A Glimpse of the Past: Panel Research from Archival Material Exploiting Convention: Lifespan Change and Generational Incrementation in the Development of Cleft Constructions Introduction Background Corpus and Data Collection Social Propagation and Individual Change Information Structure Clefts: Definition and Usage Results Information Status of Cleft Focus Information Status of the Cleft Topic Informative Presupposition Discussion Conclusion Notes References Corpus-Based Lifespan Change in Late Middle English Introduction Methodology Corpus and Informants Linguistic Variable: ⟨th⟩Results and Analytical Interpretation Apparent-Time Study Real-Time. Trend and Panel Study Intra-Speaker Variation Conclusion Notes References IV: New Methodological Approaches for Lifespan Studies Exploring the Effect of Linguistic Architecture and Heuristic Method in Panel Analysis Introduction Language Change Data and Methods The Realisation of (ing)The Realisation of (t)Quotation Quantitative Analysis Results Discussion and Conclusion Notes References Loss of Historical Phonetic Contrast across the Lifespan: Articulatory, Lexical, and Social Effects on Sound Change in Swabian Introduction Research Background Data and Methodology The Panel Corpus Speakers Transcriptions Formant Frequencies Swabian Orientation Statistical Modelling Example Analysis Analysis and Results Lifespan Change Phonetic Change Interaction Effects of Change in Progress Discussion Notes References Deconfounding the Effects of Competition and Attrition on Dialect across the Lifespan: A Panel Study Investigation of Swabian Introduction The Hypotheses The Current Study Data and Methods Swabian Corpus Social Predictors Types and Tokens Vocabulary Growth Statistical Methods Analysis and Results Vocabulary Growth Orientation and Lexical Choice Individual Patterns of Change Word Frequency Concluding Remarks Notes References V: Future Directions for Panel Research What's the Point of Panel Studies?Expand the linguistic and geographic reach Test the Uniformitarian Principle on individuals Employ a wider range of theories and methods Keep style at the forefront Establish a common terminology Clarify what we mean by “change” in post-adolescence Conclusion Notes References