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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
coinage
Could anyone help me in knowing who coined the phrase "soft skills"?
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I don't know who coined it. It may have had multiple originators and have since spread via the Internet. An advanced Google search for soft skills in the title, in English, and over the past year returned 14,700 hits.
- I don't know who coined it.
- It may have had multiple originators and have since spread via the Internet.
- An advanced Google search for soft skills in the title, in English, and over the past year returned 14,700 hits.
- A similar search for new soft skills had 29 hits -- none of which explained the phrase's origin.
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I don't know who coined it. It may have had multiple originators and have since spread via the Internet.
An advanced Google search for soft skills in the title, in English, and over the past year returned 14,700 hits. A similar search for new soft skills had 29 hits -- none of which explained the phrase's origin.
An advanced Google search for soft skills in the title, in English, and over the past year returned 14,700 hits. A similar search for new soft skills had 29 hits -- none of which explained the phrase's origin.
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