false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174414613m/394852.jpg 394852 4 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. 384376 15 10 2001 The Way We Talk Now total:65|5:8|4:24|3:27|2:5|1:1| 65 228 105 14 3 0 false false Wed Jan 14 06:14:44 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 06:15:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 10:34:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 10:38:42 -0700 2009
Any lit geek or English major will love this book -- that is, of course, unless you only majored in English by default because it seemed easier than, say, Fi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 11:59:52 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 09:57:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:52:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:57:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 00:41:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 17:06:10 -0700 2009
Fascinating as a mid-to-late 90's time capsule as well. All the talk about the internet as a frontier...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 21 17:34:04 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 16:01:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 17:34:53 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 17:38:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 18:09:11 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:35:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 13:04:59 -0800 2008 Fri May 29 05:59:17 -0700 2009 Politics of the English Language consists of really witty commentaries. Valediction was hilarious, too. ]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 22:05:06 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 21:56:24 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Mon Sep 08 18:27:32 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 09:44:26 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 18:27:32 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Oct 20 10:02:02 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 10:02:57 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Thu Jul 05 18:00:33 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 18:01:01 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 04 20:40:09 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 20:43:43 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 12:11:42 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:11:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 07:44:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 07:44:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 10 05:55:48 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 05:56:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 19:29:10 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:29:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 23:02:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 23:02:11 -0700 2009 0 0 true false Wed Sep 16 22:22:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 22:22:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=394852