Google Book Search? Try Google Library Aug 28, 2009
And, as UC Berkeley professor Geoffrey Nunberg put it, "this is the last library.". It's going to be extremely difficult for anyone else to create a similar digital library in the future, at least under the current laws. (CBS News)
Geoffrey Nunberg: language of the right Jun 25, 2009
"It was like being a sportswriter," says Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist who teaches at UC Berkeley's School of Information, "and not having George Steinbrenner around." ... "It was like being a sportswriter," says Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist who teaches at UC Berkeley's School of Information, "and not having George.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Nonfiction review: 'Talking Dangerously' Jun 17, 2009
Geoffrey Nunberg's new collection of essays and commentaries explores how we have attempted to combine, divide or dismiss parts of the world simply by talking about them ... 95) Geoffrey Nunberg's new collection of essays and commentaries explores how we have attempted to combine, divide or dismiss parts of. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Millionth English Word Or Just "Nonsense?" May 20, 2009
I think its pure fraud, said Geoffrey Nunberg, a University of California-Berkeley linguistics professor. Its not bad science. (CBS News -- World)
Specious origins May 17, 2009
Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg has a new collection of language commentaries, "The Years of Talking Dangerously" (Public Affairs, $18. 95). (Boston Globe)
Bay Area Bound - new books by local authors May 4, 2009
The Years of Talking Dangerously, Geoffrey Nunberg (Public Affairs; $18. 95). (San Francisco Chronicle)
For latest Kindle, a flow of adjectives and speculation Feb 10, 2009
"The success of the Kindle is a significant event in the way people consume booklike texts," said Geoffrey Nunberg, linguist at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Information and an NPR commentator on language. "But whether it's a sign of the decline of the book is less likely." New technology, Nunberg said, seldom kills its predecessors. (Boston Globe)
