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Geoff Nunberg

Fresh Air | By Geoff Nunberg

Published January 28, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

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

Geoff Nunberg

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

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