大连海事大学《考研英语》Unit 5 reading.ppt

Unit 5 reading Geofffey Nunberg Otto von Bismarck take sth. to be in retrospect (spot) on the mark Internet host Internet traffic excite@home if only because the futurist the ultimate act of intellectual colonialism on the face of (it) AltaVista Roland Barthes Francophone merit cultural diversity Steven Spielberg éric Rohmer zero-sum game militate portal hit sort through language chauvinist capital concentration Alexa Internet marginal region bandwidth discussion list vernacular professional gossip Basque Breton Hmong among others penumbra The Mahgreb (be) in a position to Lusiphone Fall River Hispanophone stretch a point purist wither away discussion group a battery of sth be privy to sth back-and-forth take issue with sb./sth. get the hang of electronic commons secondary media op-ed Palo Alto Geofffey Nunberg Geoffrey Nunberg (born 1945) is an American linguist and an adjunct full professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information. He’s also a researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University, and a consulting professor in the Stanford Department of Linguistics. As a linguist, he is best known for his work on lexical semantics, in particular on the phenomena of polysemy, deferred reference and indexicality. He has also written extensively about the cultural and social implications of new technologies. Nunberg is currently popularly known for his work with the Becky Awards. Nunberg has been commenting on language, usage, and society for National Public Radios Fresh Air program since 1988. His commentaries on language also appear frequently in The New York Times and other publications. He is chair of the American Heritage Dictionary usage panel. His books for general audiences included The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from NPRs Fresh Air, and most recently Talking Right. Otto von Bismarck Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Sch?nhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, Prince of Bismarck, (Apri