1st Edition/1st Printing (complete numberline). SIGNED by author on a bookplate affixed to half-title page (signature only). prev. owners name on top edge of front end page. $23.00 prce present on DJ flap; mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title: The Lnguage Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Publisher: Morrow, New York
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0688121411
ISBN 13: 9780688121419
Binding: Hard Cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author

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The codirector of the MIT Center for Cognitive Science explains how language works, how it differs from thought, why adults have difficulty learning foreign languages, and why computers cannot learn human language

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Steven Pinker is professor and director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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