Increases in individualistic words and phrases in American books, 1960-2008.

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 Engli...

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Main Authors: Jean M Twenge, W Keith Campbell, Brittany Gentile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3393731?pdf=render