Geoffrey Nunberg

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the phrase “class-warfare.”

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the evolution of the meaning of the word "plastics."

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the way the words of courtship are showing up on the newspaper business pages.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about presidents and language, and the pronunciation of nuclear as "nucular," a mispronunciation that dates all the way back to the era of Eisenhower. The underlying cognitive causes and social implications are considered.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the use of the word 'regime.'

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the effect of Sept. 11 on our language.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers recent claims about the relation between vocabulary size and social class.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the word greed.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on language purists and post modernism.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the obscurity of the Pledge of Allegiance.