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9780060976514

The Language Instinct

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060976514

  • ISBN10:

    0060976519

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-01-06
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

1. An Instinct to Acquire an Art
15(10)
2. Chatterboxes
25(30)
3. Mentalese
55(28)
4. How Language Works
83(43)
5. Words, Words, Words
126(32)
6. The Sounds of Silence
158(34)
7. Talking Heads
192(39)
8. The Tower of Babel
231(31)
9. Baby Born Talking--Describes Heaven
262(35)
10. Language Organs and Grammar Genes
297(35)
11. The Big Bang
332(38)
12. The Language Mavens
370(34)
13. Mind Design
404(27)
Notes 431(16)
References 447(26)
Glossary 473(12)
Index 485

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