There's a Word for it : : the Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
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Includes index.
The dawn of the twentieth century: 1900-1909 -- The ballroom decade and the Great War: 1910-1919 -- The roaring twenties: 1920-1929 -- The Great Depression: 1930-1939 -- World War II and postwar: 1940-1949 -- Midcentury- the affluent fifties: 1950-1959 -- The turbulent sixties: 1960-1969 -- The me decade: 1970-1979 -- The yuppie generation: 1980-1989 -- The World Wide Web: 1990-1999 -- The third millennium: 2000-2009 -- Conclusion: the new words lists.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Harmony Books, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 246 p. ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0375426175
9780375426179
SUBJECTS
English language -- New words.
English language -- Social aspects.
Language and culture.
English language -- Lexicology.