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Linguist Geoff Nunberg

Fresh Air | By Geoff Nunberg

Published December 11, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the way the words of courtship are showing up on the newspaper business pages.

Copyright 2002 Fresh Air

Geoff Nunberg

Geoff Nunberg is the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

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