Geoffrey Nunberg

These days, there’s a lot of public concern about objectionable content on the Web. Fresh Air’s Linguist Geoff Nunberg discusses the problems with so-called “censorware”, the software programs that claim to screen out pornography and other offensive material.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the language of the stock market.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg discusses the word hacker.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the difference between irony and sarcasm.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the difficulties we’re having talking about the new millennium.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the word "virtual" as In virtual reality.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers how new-age psycho-babble has made It's way Into the corporate room.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg tells us what words he would like to see us get rid of for the year 2000.

Enter Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the epic Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf" -- which is considered to be the origin of English literature and which has been newly translated by poet Seamus Heaney.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on the decade of the suffix "thon" as in walkathon, bowlathon. . .etc.