The times they are a-changin'

Geoffrey Nunberg, whose book The Way We Talk Now we'll be using this semester, had an audio commentary on NPR's Fresh Air Program last week:

Linguist Geoff Nunberg offers up a few thoughts on the use of a certain C-word in current electoral rhetoric. That word is "change" and it's what all the candidates are promising. But what does it really mean?

Give it a listen. I'll ask you about it on Monday.