The Way We Talk Now
by Geoffrey Nunberg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used: Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618116028
- ISBN 13
- 9780618116027
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
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 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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Ergodebooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SONG0618116028
- Title
- The Way We Talk Now
- Author
- Geoffrey Nunberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used: Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0618116028
- ISBN 13
- 9780618116027
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2001-10-15
Terms of Sale
Ergodebooks
We have 30 day return policy.