Cover Image

There's a word for it : the explosion of the American language since 1900 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinmetz, Sol
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harmony Books, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
English language > United States > Lexicology.
English language > United States > New words.
English language > Social aspects > United States.
Language and culture > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.