Learnability & Cognition - The Acquisition of Argument Structure (Learning, Development and Conceptual Change)

Pinker, S

ISBN 10: 0262161117 / ISBN 13: 9780262161114

Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1989

About this Item

Hardcover first edition in plain gray boards, no dust-jacket, has very minor wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. Early Pinker, a solid copy, not ex-library.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learnability & Cognition - The Acquisition of Argument Structure (Learning, Development and Conceptual Change)
• Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262161117
• ISBN 13: 9780262161114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

In tackling a learning paradox that has challenged scholars for more than a decade, Pinker synthesizes a vast literature in linguistics and psycholinguistics and outlines explicit theories of the mental representation, learning, and development of verb meaning and verb syntax.

About the Author

Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. His books The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, and The Better Angels of Our Nature have won numerous prizes.