The Language Instinct

Pinker, Steven

ISBN 10: 0060976519 / ISBN 13: 9780060976514

Published by DA Information Services, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Language Instinct
• Publisher: DA Information Services
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060976519
• ISBN 13: 9780060976514
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 12 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Technology

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Synopsis

In The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory of how children acquire language, 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, how it evolved. With wit, education, and deft use of everyday examples of humor and wordplay, 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 in bats.

About the Author

Steven Pinker is one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind. He has won several major awards for his teaching and his scientific research. Pinker is director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.