The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker, published by HarperCollins on November 7, 2000, is a comprehensive exploration of language and its intricate relationship with the human mind. This 544-page book delves into how language functions, how children acquire it, its evolution, and the cognitive processes involved in its use. Pinker presents these concepts with clarity, employing humor and everyday examples to engage readers.
In this edition, readers will find an insightful examination of language as an instinct, shaped by evolutionary processes. The book addresses various aspects of linguistics, including grammar and punctuation, while also touching on the philosophical and social implications of language. Through Pinker’s expertise, the text offers a rich narrative that connects scientific inquiry with the art of communication, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the fields of language arts and disciplines.
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In this classic study, the world’s leading expert on language and the mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about languages: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it envolved. With wit, erudition, and deft use it everyday 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 like web spinning in spiders or sonar bats. 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.
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