The way we talk now
commentaries on language and culture from NPR's "Fresh air"
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Word Count
60,750 words, Guess
Page Count
243 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewaywetalknowcom00nunb
- Internet Archivewaywetalknowcomm00nunb
- ISBN-100618116028
- ISBN-100618116036
- ISBN-139780618116027
and 9 more
- ISBN-139780618116034
- Goodreads1598675', '394852
- Library of Congress Control Number2001024797
- OCLC Control Number46837151
- Better World BooksT2-DGO-629
- Better World Books9780618116034
- Better World Books9780618116027
- Better World BooksW7-CEE-965
- Open LibraryOL17045165M
Classifications
- LCCP107 .N86 2001
- LCCP107.N86 2001
Alternate 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.
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- The way we talk now: commentaries on language and culture from NPR's "Fresh air"
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