The way we talk now
Subtitle: commentaries on language and culture from NPR's "Fresh air"
By: Geoffrey Nunberg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Language and languages
Other titles: Fresh air (Radio program)
Description: "This engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America's best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and phrases. From our metaphors for the Internet ("Virtual Rialto") to the perils of electronic grammar checkers ("The Software We Deserve"), from traditional grammatical bugaboos ("Sex and the Singular Verb") to the vagaries of business jargon ("You're Out of Here"), from the pronunciation of foreign names ("A Suffix in the Sand") to the ways we talk about illicit love ("Affairs of State"), Geoffrey Nunberg shows just how much the language we use from day to day reveals about who we are and who we want to be."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes indexes