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ERIC Number: EJ179208
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Why Can't They Be Like We Were . . . ?
Achilles, C. M.; Crump, Harriet B.
Educational Leadership, 35, 7, 509-10,512-5, Apr 78
Argues that the generation gap is the collision of two distinct cultures--a youth culture and an adult culture. Each culture is expressed through verbal and nonverbal norms that enhance a feeling of group kinship but hamper communication with members of the other culture. (JG)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communication Problems, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Generation Gap, Nonverbal Communication, Socialization, Sociocultural Patterns, Sociolinguistics
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