Geoff Nunberg: On the Stump, the Same Old Story 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?

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Geoff Nunberg: On the Stump, the Same Old Story

January 15, 20082:15 PM ET

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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?