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Publication details [#24984]

Gozzi Jr., Raymond. 1990. New words and a changing American culture. University of California Press. xiv + 124 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language change | neologism

Language as a subject

English, American

Annotation

This book uses a dictionary of new words that were integrated in American English between 1961 and 1986 to discuss changes in modern American culture.

Reviewed by

Carbaugh, Donal. 1992. Review of R.Gozzi Jr.(1990: `New words and a changing American culture').