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Work InformationThe Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Once upon a time I would have plowed through this tome, but even when I picked it up at a yard sale I have moved past my jejune hungers for omnibus explanations. Worthwhile if you can parse it tho ( ) no reviews | add a review
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References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (17)In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published. "Pinker writes with acid verve." --Atlantic Monthly "An extremely valuable book, very informative, and very well written." --Noam Chomsky No library descriptions found. |
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Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. Penguin Australia2 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia. Editions: 0140175296, 0141037652 |