Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the word 'algorithm.'

Language commentator Geoff Nunberg looks at the term "capitalism." He says it is back in fashion after an era of "free enterprise".

The Thomas hearings leads linguist Geoffrey Nunberg to wonder, is it "HAIR-ess-ment" or "heh-RASS-ment"?

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the word literacy.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the phrase “class-warfare.”

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg, who is currently living outside of Paris, describes his experience taking his daughter to EuroDisney.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg tracks the evolution of the word "protest."

With all our texting, tweeting and social media posting, billions of people are using typed words for the kind everyday communication that used to happen more often in conversation. A new book argues that we’ve created a unique new language to reproduce the shades of meaning that we used to convey verbally. Our linguist Geoff Nunberg reflects on the new rules of language that he calls chat-speak.

Language commentator Geoff Nunberg talks about the game "settings," wherein players pair poems with complimentary pieces of music. The goal is to find works whose rhythm and meter sync up.

Commentator Geoffrey Nunberg discusses how Elvis sounds in Latin.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the language of the Vietnam War and how it's being used today.

In the final few hours before the Super Bowl, linguist Geoffrey Nunberg compares the literary language of football and baseball.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg talks about the word "literally".

Fresh Air's contributing linguist remembers a rhetorician whose larger-than-life language helped shape a movement and a nation.

Some reactions to the inauguration and thoughts about the new administration from satirist and voice actor Harry Shearer, language commentator Geoffrey Nunbert, and Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Middle East expert Geoffrey Kemp.