Grenier asserted that generations develop their own linguistic models that contribute to misunderstanding between age cohorts, "Different ways of speaking exercised by older and younger people exist, and may be partially explained by social historical reference points, culturally determined experiences, and individual interpretations".
Grenier afirma que as xeracións desenvolven os seus propios modelos lingüísticos que contribúen á falta de comprensión entre as cohortes de idade: "existen diferentes modos de falar exercidos polas persoas vellas e novas, e pode ser parcialmente explicada polos puntos de referencia históricos sociais, as experiencias culturalmente determinadas, e as interpretacións individuais".