We're cool, mom and dad are swell: Basic slang and generational shifts in values

American Speech

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-86

  Moore, Robert L ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 2442476229     PISSN: 00031283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00031283-79-1-59     Document Type: Review

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