Quotes by Geoffrey Nunberg

About Geoffrey Nunberg:

Geoffrey Nunberg is an American linguist, researcher and an adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information. Nunberg has taught at Stanford University and served as a principal scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center from the mid-1980s to 2000.
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It's not odd these days to hear politicians trumpeting their own authenticity, a claim that an earlier day would have considered self-cancelling. But when Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, and Rick Santorum say "I'm authentic," they're not evoking the sh...

Geoffrey Nunberg

Culpable obtuseness. He should know better. That's one reason why we don't use the a-word, for example, of little children. They can merit the s-word, because there's a malignity that's innate in little kids sometimes, but you can't merit the a-word ...

Geoffrey Nunberg

Author Bio

  • NameGeoffrey Nunberg
  • DescriptionAmerican linguist
  • BornJune 1, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLinguist