Geoffrey Nunberg

The publishers of Poetry Magazine have been using the proceeds of a large bequest to encourage the practice of memorizing poetry. Linguist Geoff Nunberg comments.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg discusses the "etymythologies" of words, including those used as racial epithets.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the adjectives pro and con used to describe the President's social security proposal.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the term "love-child" and other euphemisms.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on the popularity of grammarian Lynne Truss's book Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg discusses political language and the word democrat, with a small "d."

Linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about the phrase "curling up with a good book," and what it says about the way we read.

Stanford linguist and author of Going Nucular Geoff Nunberg discusses the word entrepreneur.

As President Bush and Sen. John Kerry look to their second face-to-face meeting Friday night, linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the language of the 2004 debates.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers how we think bout the Internet and how that is reflected in the language we use to describe it.