On the Description of Subcultural Lexicons: A Multidimensional Approach.

Friendly, Michael L.; Glucksberg, Sam

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On the Description of Subcultural Lexicons: A Multidimensional Approach

Friendly, Michael L.; Glucksberg, Sam

J Personality Soc Psychol, 14, 1, 55-65, 70 Jan

Examines a study in which 15 freshmen and 15 seniors at Princeton University used 60 trait adjectives, 20 of which were student slang, to describe people they knew. Confirms that multidimensional scaling (MDS) reflects changes in semantic structure as a function of group membership. (MB)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Group Behavior, Language Research, Peer Relationship, Social Attitudes, Social Dialects, Subcultures, Vocabulary

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