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PC, and Polysyndeton

The Tuesday, 29 April 2003 edition of Terry Gross’s peerless Fresh Air is very much worth listening to.  Diane Ravitch discusses her new book Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (the next book I plan to read), and linguist Geoff Nunberg discusses, in a captivating under-six-minutes essay, the stylistic differences between left-wing and right-wing authors (you’ll also learn the word polysyndeton, unless you are far too educated and know it already.)

Thu, 08 May 2003 21:56:08 -0500
Under politics, reading
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