TY - JOUR A1 - Gerstenberg, Annette A1 - Lindholm, Camilla T1 - Language and aging research BT - new insights and perspectives JF - Linguistics vanguard N2 - Our introduction to the special collection gives an overview of the research projects which were originally presented at the third CLARe network conference. We group the research under four cross-sectional topics that unite the different contributions: the data used in the research, the theoretical frameworks, the languages and varieties which are represented and the situational contexts which are examined. These projects represent the current state of research in this field and allows the reader to orient themselves within this diverse field but also leaves many questions open and provides impetus for future lines of research. The interaction and collaboration between diverse disciplines is the central aspect which unites all contributions to the special collection. KW - language and aging KW - lifespan KW - health communication KW - language change KW - interactional linguistics KW - conversation analysis KW - corpus linguistics KW - psycholinguistics KW - sociolinguistics KW - computational linguistics Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2019-0025 SN - 2199-174X VL - 5 IS - s2 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER -