ABSTRACT
Schikowski, & Bickel, 2015). The space of communicable ideas may be more
dynamic, adapting to both local and global constraints at multiple scales of time.
A deeper understanding of why language use changes may help elucidate what
ideas can be communicated when and why. The application of sampling local
social networks provides one method toward understanding what properties of a
population of speakers may relate to language change over time-at the very least,
as shown here, in terms of general usage patterns.
