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.
- 'Disinformation' Is The Word Of The Year — And A Sign Of What's To Come
- Ironic, Informal And Expressive, 'New Rules Of Language' Evolve Online
- Opinion: Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pronouns
- Algorithmic Intelligence Has Gotten So Smart, It's Easy To Forget It's Artificial
- 'Socialism' Isn't The Scare Word It Once Was
- Opinion: Migrant Girl's Death Reveals A Need For More Interpreters Along The Border
- Opinion: 'Nationalist' Arises, With Myriad Connotations, As The Word Of 2018
- Opinion: A Linguist's Defense Of 'Falsehood'
- Opinion: Why The Term 'Deep State' Speaks To Conspiracy Theorists
- Opinion: U.S. And U.K. Remain United, Not Divided, By Their Common Language
- So Longhand: Has Cursive Reached The End Of The Line?
- As Fissures Between Political Camps Grow, 'Tribalism' Emerges As The Word Of 2017