The years of talking dangerously
By: Geoffrey Nunberg.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781586487454
Subjects: English language -- Political aspects -- United States; English language -- Social aspects -- United States; English language -- United States -- Semantics; English language -- United States -- Usage; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: Numberg writes there has never been an age as wary as ours of the tricks words can play. These are the years of talking dangerously, and the author of "Talking Right" deftly unpacks the telling phrases of America's national conversation.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Watching our words; title: 2. Playing politics; title: 3. English 2.0; title: 4. Symbols; title: 5. The passing scene; title: 6. Snippets.