The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind (hc 2009 Folio)

Description: The classic book on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind.In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about 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 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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Subject Area: Language

Publication Name: The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind

Publisher: Folio

Item Length: 10 in

Subject: Science, Language

Publication Year: 2009

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1.5 in

Author: Steven Pinker

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Unit Quantity: 1

Item Width: 7 in

Item Weight: 2.10 lb

Number of Pages: 445 pages