PloS one, 2012-07, Vol.7 (7), p.e40181-e40181
2012
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Increases in individualistic words and phrases in American books, 1960-2008
- Ist Teil von
- PloS one, 2012-07, Vol.7 (7), p.e40181-e40181
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Public Library of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Cultural products such as song lyrics, television shows, and books reveal cultural differences, including cultural change over time. Two studies examine changes in the use of individualistic words (Study 1) and phrases (Study 2) in the Google Books Ngram corpus of millions of books in American English. Current samples from the general population generated and rated lists of individualistic words and phrases (e.g., "unique," "personalize," "self," "all about me," "I am special," "I'm the best"). Individualistic words and phrases increased in use between 1960 and 2008, even when controlling for changes in communal words and phrases. Language in American books has become increasingly focused on the self and uniqueness in the decades since 1960.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1932-6203eISSN: 1932-6203DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040181Titel-ID: cdi_plos_journals_1325394238
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Adult, Age, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bias, Books - history, Cultural change, Cultural differences, Digitization, Female, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Humans, Individualism, Individuality, Language, Linguistics, Literature, Modern - history, Lyrics, Male, Middle Aged, Narcissism, Personal communication, Population, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social order, Studies, Television, Television programs, Trends, United States, Young Adult