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Fifty Years among the New Words - A Dictionary of Neologisms 1941-1991 (Hardcover, New)
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Fifty Years among the New Words - A Dictionary of Neologisms 1941-1991 (Hardcover, New)
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American Speech, the journal of the American Dialect Society has
for fifty years included a regular collection of neologisms called
"Among the New Words." A recent issue, for example, includes four
quotations for "date rape," two for "designated driver," and six
for "DNA fingerprinting," "intifada," and other current terms.
Complete documentation is given for all citations, which are fuller
than those given in most dictionaries and both British and American
sources have been consulted. At the time these terms appeared in
"Among the New Words," they appeared in none of the major
dictionaries. A survey of "Among the New Words" can therefore
reveal much about the origin and early use of these expressions and
the social climate in which they prospered. Now for the first time,
this valuable resource will be available in one volume. The
original articles themselves are reproduced and John Algeo has
prepared a complete index, with glossary, to every word and
expression included in the 113 installments of "Among the New
Words." In addition, he has written several introductory essays
exploring both the linguistic and social implications of new words
as revealed in this collection. No other collection of new words
has been so systematically compiled over such a long period,
demonstrating changing word patterns and social norms over five
decades. None has been prepared with such thorough and accurate
documentation. It is a unique repository of language use from
1941-1991. John Algeo currently co-edits "Among the New Words."
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