Title :
The state of the language, 1977
Author_Institution :
Time Magazine, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Reflections on 1977 linguistic creations and styles in US English illustrate some of the overt misconstructions such as `giant sale´ and `alleged suspect´ as well as new ones (`reverse discrimination´) that seem to serve a purpose and may someday be added to our lexicons.
Keywords :
linguistics; language; Educational institutions; Grammar; Pragmatics; TV; Tongue;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPC.1978.6591710
