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Geoff Nunberg

Geoff Nunberg is the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Airwith Terry Gross.

He teaches at the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley and is the author of The Way We Talk Now, Going Nucular, Talking Right and The Years of Talking Dangerously. His most recent book is Ascent of the A-Word. His website is www.geoffreynunberg.com.

<em>Columbia Journalism Review</em> set up a misinformation newsstand in Manhattan in October 2018, in an effort to educate news consumers about the dangers of disinformation in the lead-up to the U.S. midterm elections.
  1. 'Disinformation' Is The Word Of The Year — And A Sign Of What's To Come
  2. Ironic, Informal And Expressive, 'New Rules Of Language' Evolve Online
  3. Opinion: Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pronouns
  4. Algorithmic Intelligence Has Gotten So Smart, It's Easy To Forget It's Artificial
  5. 'Socialism' Isn't The Scare Word It Once Was
  6. Opinion: Migrant Girl's Death Reveals A Need For More Interpreters Along The Border
  7. Opinion: 'Nationalist' Arises, With Myriad Connotations, As The Word Of 2018
  8. Opinion: A Linguist's Defense Of 'Falsehood'
  9. Opinion: Why The Term 'Deep State' Speaks To Conspiracy Theorists
  10. Opinion: U.S. And U.K. Remain United, Not Divided, By Their Common Language
  11. So Longhand: Has Cursive Reached The End Of The Line?
  12. As Fissures Between Political Camps Grow, 'Tribalism' Emerges As The Word Of 2017