The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on September 4, 2007. This comprehensive work delves into the intricacies of language, exploring how it functions, how children acquire it, and its evolutionary background. Pinker presents a thorough examination of the cognitive processes involved in language, utilizing humor and wordplay to engage readers while explaining complex concepts.
In this edition, readers will find an updated perspective on advancements in the science of language since the book’s initial release. The text covers various topics related to language arts and disciplines, including grammar, punctuation, and the philosophical and social aspects of linguistics. With 576 pages, this book serves as an informative resource for anyone interested in understanding the fundamental nature of language and its role in human cognition.
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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.
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