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Title: The Way We Talk Now by Geoffrey Nunberg ISBN: 0-618-11603-6 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dripping with Charm!
Comment: This books is a series of monologues from the NPR radio series, Fresh Air. The storytelling style transfers well to written form; Nunberg is easy to read and understand, and in addition he's a very likeable person, a somewhat scarce trait in those who analyze the use of English.
Rather than the typical bashing of those who use English incorrectly, the book is a series of essays analyzing current use and underlying trends, while providing historical background and just enough humor for spice. Highly recommended, especially if you like Bill Bryson's works such as The Mother Tongue.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Breath of Fresh Air in the Field of Linguistics
Comment: _The Way We Talk Now_ is one of those rare masterpieces that appeals to both the scholar and the layman. In this compilation of radio essays on a variety of subjects, Geoffrey Nunberg looks at the American culture and its institutions - and the way we verbalize in regard to, and as a result of, them - with an eye that is as incisive as it is witty.
Indeed, for a linguist of such repute, Nunberg is engaging and warm, and his essays are as enthralling as they are enlightening. In fact, for those individuals who have always seen the study of linguistics as a highly specialized field of study appreciated only by intellectuals who are as boring as their reading, this will be an enormously pleasant shock.
More than a collection of entertaining essays, however, the value of The Way We Talk Now lies in Nunberg's constant and unrelenting prodding and encouragement of the reader to look at himself within our cultural and institutional contexts - via the medium of verbal self-expression. Whether discussing the flap over inner city dialects being taught in school, the moral and aesthetic qualities imparted to the English language by purists, the camaraderie of radio call-in talk shows, or the evolving perception of cults within our society, Nunberg relentlessly brings the reader to examine his own communication. Invariably, the realizations that accompany this self-analysis - both voluntary and involuntary - are as enlightening as they are surprising.
Profound without being incomprehensible, simple without being shallow, packing its weight in engaging scholarly content, and a springboard for continued self-analysis and more effective self-expression, this jewel of humor and insight is both a credit to Nunberg's skill and a welcome breath of fresh air. Above all, this is a book to be read as much for learning as for enjoyment.
- Benjamin Gene Gardner
Rating: 5
Summary: A Closer Watch....
Comment: Hey,
yes a 12 and a half year old read this book. Why might u ask? No I do not reguarly listen to NPR radio to hear Mr. Nunberg speak. But let's say a close member of his family connected me with his...information. I had othing better to read so I dove right in. Some parts I admit were complicated but this book can actually hit some teenagers little experiances of childern his daughter(Sophie) and just slang terms can find many points of this book good. He writes about everything starting with "The Choice of Sophie" talking about choosing names ect..this is a good book. yeah I recomend it for adults but if yr a kid and wanna try something REALLY NEW knock yrself out.
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Title: Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Times by Geoffrey Nunberg, Geoff Nunberg ISBN: 1586482343 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Junk English by Ken Smith ISBN: 0922233233 Publisher: Blast Books Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Verbatim: From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists by Erin McKean ISBN: 015601209X Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths by Mardy Grothe ISBN: 0060536993 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! : The Oddly Informative News Quiz by Roy Blount Jr., National Public Radio ISBN: 1579546536 Publisher: Rodale Books Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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