Robert Lane Greene
Robert Lane Greene is an international correspondent for The Economist. His book about language, "You Are What You Speak", is out now.
- 4 years 17 weeks
Recent articles by Robert Lane Greene:
- THE Q&A: ARIKA OKRENT, LINGUIST, NEUROSCIENTIST, KLINGON EXPERT
- THE SEETHING GENIUS OF "GET YOUR WAR ON"
- THE RISE OF "AWESOME"
- LITTLE BIG WORDS
- ON LANGUAGE NERDS AND NAGS
- DON'T MAKE ME BEG
- APPLE V GOOGLE
- OMG, ETC
- SHOULD YOU TEACH YOUR KIDS CHINESE?
- POLITICS AND METAPHORS
- BEDSIDE TABLE: WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
- ICONOGRAPHY, AUTHENTICITY AND SWEAT
- GO PINKER YOURSELF
- When adverbs aren't adverbs, and swearing isn't language
Comment of the moment
quote "Ah, what larks: Rogue Riderhood, Bradley Headstone, Miss Ninetta Crummles (the Infant Phenomenon), Mr Dick, Barkis, Joe the Fat Boy, The Golden Dustman, Mr Wemmick's dad, Mrs Gummidge, Mr William Guppy, Jerry Cruncher, Bullseye, Harold Skimpole..."