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The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr's Fresh Air

by Geoffrey Nunberg

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Everyday language as a cultural record

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Everyday language as a cultural record

Geoffrey Nunberg’s collection brings together radio broadcasts and magazine pieces that examine the words and phrases of contemporary life. Its subjects range from metaphors for the Internet and the limits of electronic grammar checkers to familiar grammar disputes and the language used to describe illicit relationships. Across these varied topics, the book considers how ordinary expressions reflect social identity and self-presentation. The essay format makes room for separate points of entry, linking linguistic questions to the cultural settings in which particular words and conventions circulate.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in sociolinguistics and how language reflects culture
  • Those curious about grammar debates and changing everyday usage
  • Listeners or readers who enjoy short-form commentary on language

Themes

SociolinguisticsLanguage and identityGrammar and usageTechnology and language

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Book overview

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.

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