Books by Geoffrey Nunberg
language
English
review 1: The theme of this book is very loosely linked (but the loose link was what drew me to it) to that of Harry "G" Frankfurt's On Bullshit.Each book attempts a serious reflection on a colloquial word, postulating that the word has a fairly specific sense and that that sense is more t...
language
English
review 1: A collection of newspaper pieces and NPR commentaries on the foibles of modern English usage by the author, a linguist at Berkeley. The pieces - mostly on the uses of symbolic language by people with political points to make, some on how technology changes usage - are witty and ...