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

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Book Title
The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from NP
Publication Date
2001-10-15
Pages
243
ISBN
9780618116027

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0618116028
ISBN-13
9780618116027
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1899892

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Way We Talk Now : Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr's Fresh Air
Subject
Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Author
Geoffrey Nunberg
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-024797
Reviews
Nunberg offers homages and brickbats to the popular culture, especially as it is spoken and written., Never fails to reveal history embedded in language his acuity and fixation on funny pop-phenomena keep the book fresh., "Nunberg offers homages and brickbats to the popular culture, especially as it is spoken and written." Kirkus Reviews "Nunberg . . . discusses usage and its abuses in brief, delightful essays." Minneapolis Star-Tribune [A] lighthearted but pithy analysis of the changing ways Americans talk and write." Columbus Dispatch "Never fails to reveal…history embedded in language…his acuity and fixation on funny pop-phenomena keep the book fresh." Publishers Weekly "Humorous commentaries about language in the United States." Library Journal "Most occasional pieces lose their freshness in hard covers, but Geoffrey Nunberg's commentaries on language…are a happy exception." Boston Globe "Contains [Nunberg's] ruminations on the strange twists and turns of English as spoken in America." Columbus Dispatch "He brings a refreshing blunt iconoclasm to the eternal debate over proper English." Columbus Dispatch "In a chatty, accessible style, he takes American catchwords and colloquialisms and turns them into signifiers of shared experience." Philadelphia City Paper, Most occasional pieces lose their freshness in hard covers, but Geoffrey Nunberg's commentaries on languageare a happy exception., "Nunberg offers homages and brickbats to the popular culture, especially as it is spoken and written." Kirkus Reviews "Nunberg . . . discusses usage and its abuses in brief, delightful essays." Minneapolis Star-Tribune [A] lighthearted but pithy analysis of the changing ways Americans talk and write." Columbus Dispatch "Never fails to reveal...history embedded in language...his acuity and fixation on funny pop-phenomena keep the book fresh." Publishers Weekly "Humorous commentaries about language in the United States." Library Journal "Most occasional pieces lose their freshness in hard covers, but Geoffrey Nunberg's commentaries on language...are a happy exception." Boston Globe "Contains [Nunberg's] ruminations on the strange twists and turns of English as spoken in America." Columbus Dispatch "He brings a refreshing blunt iconoclasm to the eternal debate over proper English." Columbus Dispatch "In a chatty, accessible style, he takes American catchwords and colloquialisms and turns them into signifiers of shared experience." Philadelphia City Paper, Most occasional pieces lose their freshness in hard covers, but Geoffrey Nunberg's commentaries on languagehellip;are a happy exception.
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
400
Table Of Content
Contents vii Preface The Passing Scene 3 The Choice of Sophie {1989} 6 Vietnamese for Travelers {1989} 8 You Know {1992} 11 Yesss, Indeed! {1995} 13 Look-See {1994} 16 The N-Word {1995} 18 Some Pig! {1995} 20 A Few of My Favorite Words {1995} 23 Rex Ipse {1995} 26 An Interjection for the Age {1997} 29 The Last Post {1997} 32 As a Cigarette Should {1997} 35 Go Figure {1998} 38 The Past Is Another Country {1998} 41 Yadda Yadda Doo {1998} 44 Gen Z and Counting {1999} 47 Wordplay in the Country {1999} 50 Turn-of-the-Century {2000} Word Histories 55 Hoosiers {1989} 58 Easy on the Zeal {1992} 61 The Decline of Slang {1992} 64 The Last Galoot {1992} 66 Über and Out {1993} 69 The Burbs {1995} 73 Rebirth of the Cool {1996} 76 Remembering Ned Ludd {1996} 79 Paparazzo and Friends {1997} 82 The Cult Quotient {1997} 85 Portmanteau Words {1999} 88 Ten Suffixes That Changed the World {1999} 91 The Edge {2000} 94 No Picnic {2000} 97 Community Sting {2000} Politics of the English Language 103 Force and Violence {1990} 106 Eastern Questions {1991} 109 A Suffix in the Sand {1991} 112 PC {1991} 115 Party Down {1996} 118 Standard Issue {1997} 122 Group Grope {1998} 125 The Jewish Question {2000} 128 Only Contract {2000} 131 Chad Row {2000} The Two R'S 137 I Put a Spell on You {1990} 140 Naming of Parts {1994} 143 Reading for the Plot {1994} 146 Split Decision {1995} 149 Sex and the Singular Verb {1996} 151 Verbed Off {1997} 154 Hell in a Handcar {1999} 157 Distinctions {2000} 160 Points in Your Favor {2000} 163 Shall Game {2001} 166 Literacy Literacy {2001} Technical Terms 173 The Dactyls of October {1995} 176 Virtual Rialto {1995} 178 The Talking Gambit {1997} 181 Lost in Space {1997} 184 A Wink is As Good As a Nod {1997} 187 How the Web Was Won {1998} 190 The Software We Deserve {1998} 193 Have It My Way {1998} 195 The Writing on the Walls {1999} 198 Its Own Reward {2000} 201 Hackers {2000} Business Talk 207 You're Out of Here {1996} 210 Whaddya Know? {1998} 213 Slides Rule {1999} 216 Come Together, Right Now {1999} 220 It's the Thought That Matters {2000} 223 A Name Too Far {2000} 226 Having Issues {2000} Valediction 231 Pack It In! {1999}
Edition Description
Teacher's edition
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
P107.N86 2001

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