The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker is a comprehensive exploration of human language development, published by Penguin Books in 2015. This edition spans 524 pages and is presented in English, offering insights from one of the foremost experts in the field. Pinker elucidates the mechanics of language, detailing how it functions, how children acquire it, its evolution, and the cognitive processes involved in its use.
Readers will find a thorough examination of language as an instinctual aspect of human nature, supported by engaging examples and humor. The book addresses key topics such as biolinguistics and the interplay between language and the mind, making complex concepts accessible. This edition also includes updates reflecting recent advancements in the science of language, enriching the original discourse with contemporary insights.
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The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind. In The Language Instinct, 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.
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