Local literati rate candidates' reading lists Oct 31, 2008
Geoffrey Nunberg, Author, "Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture," professor, UC Berkeley School of Information. McCain must have settled on these choices a long time ago; has he reread them since then. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Recommended reading for the next president Oct 31, 2008
Geoffrey Nunberg, UC Berkeley School of Information professor. As a palliative, I would send McCain a copy of Leo Braudy's recent book, "From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Still ringing in our ears Aug 31, 2008
Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg doesnt think so. He says oratory, as quoted in a New America Media report by John Han, implies a very high flown, rich, metaphorical, eloquent, kind of diction and there is no place for oratory in modern American politics (because) television killed it. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Paying homage to new Shrine Jun 21, 2008
He succeeds UC Berkeley linguist and NPR word-commentator Geoffrey Nunberg, who has headed the panel for 25 years, and who will be chairman emeritus. It all sounds very serious, but Pinker says, "I hope it will be fun.". (Boston Globe)
Almost unique Mar 23, 2008
Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at UC Berkeley, sent some examples in Italian (along with a caution from an Italian linguist who calls the usage illogical). And as Bill Walsh argues at Blogslot, his editing blog, one of the only makes its own kind of sense. (Boston Globe)
* What's in a name? Nov 1, 2007
"There was a need for a pet name," said Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, and the chairman of the usage panel for the American Heritage Dictionary, "a name that women can use in a familiar way among themselves.". Acceptance of the word, however, also reignites an old argument, one most forcefully made by Eve Ensler in The Vagina Monologues. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
What the F***? Oct 9, 2007
Also, as linguist Geoffrey Nunberg pointed out, while you can imagine the dialogue How brilliant was it. Very, you would never hear the dialogue How brilliant was it. (New Republic)
Too many geniuses Oct 5, 2007
A phone call to linguist Geoffrey Nunberg (possibly a genius, but it s hard to tell without getting a look at his shoes) shed light on a couple of points, namely that the original meaning of genius referred to the prevailing nature of a person or an idea. (It s a cousin of the word genus, which has to do with taxonomic rankings within species. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Language: The old combatant is on the march Aug 27, 2007
"Warrior implies a member of a caste of fighting men," observes Geoffrey Nunberg, professor of linguistics at the University of California. "It is traditionally associated with pre-industrial societies, and in its literal sense is much more likely to be prefixed by 'Sioux,' 'Zulu' or 'samurai' than by 'French' or 'Danish.' But it has been used to evoke connotations of valor, gallantry and honor for the modern military." Why. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Life with Romney: Gee whiz rules Aug 19, 2007
But Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at the University of California at Berkeley and author of "Talking Right," a study of how conservatives use language to defeat liberals, said he does not buy the "Happy Days" presentation. "He's the son of a governor who went to Harvard Law and Harvard Business School, who ran a leveraged buyout firm -- who talks like Jimmy Stewart," he said. (Boston Globe)
Whence the !@#$?: Jun 9, 2007
Explainer thanks Timothy Jay of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Geoffrey Nunberg, author of , and Jesse Sheidlower, author of. June 8, 2007: The original version incorrectly said the author of the coded poem replaced each letter of the unprintable words with the preceding letter in the alphabet. (Slate)
Bernanke May Seek Clearer Interest-Rate Signal After Confusing Investors May 10, 2007
Given the difficulty in laying a course for rates amid changing conditions, Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at the University of California at Berkeley, said any statement would still leave investors guessing. They could shift to more straightforward language, but it isn't as if that would make the process of interpretation that much easier,'' said Nunberg, who chairs the usage panel for the American Heritage Dictionary and wrote ``Talking Right,'' a 2006 book about conservatives' past success with... (Bloomberg)
Offensive language -- where to draw the line Apr 16, 2007
"It's not just about the seven dirty words anymore," said linguist and author Geoffrey Nunberg ("The Way We Talk Now"), referring to comic George Carlin's 1970s routine about TV censorship. Today's media spectrum, which includes cable, uncensored and often anonymously authored Internet postings and audacious satires like the film "Borat," has greatly complicated the issue of what constitutes acceptable free speech. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Storytelling's new frontier Mar 22, 2007
" Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg, professor at UC Berkeley's School of Information and a frequent contributor to NPR's "Fresh Air," agreed. "In Britain, there's an unbroken tradition to at-home listening to the radio that goes back to before the days of TV. In the U.S., the listener is somebody sitting in his or her car. the formats are designed for listening in snatches," he said. "Then 'This American Life' comes along, and it's witty, it's ironic, it's hip. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Undertaking to be entrepreneurial Mar 3, 2007
Entrepreneur, linguist Geoffrey Nunberg noted in a piece on National Public Radio a few years ago, is a term that came back into vogue during the Reagan years, when capitalism was being redeemed as an intellectually respectable idea. But capitalist, Dr. Nunberg added, didn't make the same kind of comeback. (ABC News -- Business)
