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ERIC Number: EJ514607
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0014-164X
The Generation X and Boomers Metaphors.
Gozzi, Raymond, Jr.
ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v52 n3 p331-35 Fall 1995
States that "Generation X" refers to people born in the later 1960s and early 1970s who are young adults by the 1990s. Points out that many college students object to the term. Analyzes the Baby Boomers and Generation Xers in a search for comparisons. Concludes that there are more similarities than were previously thought. (PA)
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Labeling (of Persons), Language Usage, Metaphors, Semantics, Stereotypes
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Generation X
Note: Journal availability: Intl. Soc. for General Semantics, Box 728, Concord, CA 94522.