The Language Instinct

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LANGUAGE/SCIENCE
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"Absorbing. He makes a persuaaw, entertaining case."—Time : ' ¦ r-
"Pinker writes with add verve This is an exdtii^ book, certain to produce argument" >
—Atlantic Monthly
"An excellent book fiiD ofwit and wisdom and sound judgment"
—Boston Globe Book Review
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"An extremely Sellable book, very informative, and very well written as well." i „ —Noam Chomsky
."Steven Pinker reminds us of the pleasures of reading about language, provided people like him are at the wheel."—^^illiam E Buckley, Jr.
Selected as One of the Best Books of the ^af by the ; Eiditorsofthe New York Times Book Review
In The Language Instmct, Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory ofHow, children acquire language, luddly explains ^rything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children leam it, how it changes, how the brain compiites it," how it evolved. With wit, erudition, and deft use of everyday examples of... Tovább

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LANGUAGE/SCIENCE
iwforThe LANGUAGE INSTINCT
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"Absorbing. He makes a persuaaw, entertaining case."—Time : ' ¦ r-
"Pinker writes with add verve This is an exdtii^ book, certain to produce argument" >
—Atlantic Monthly
"An excellent book fiiD ofwit and wisdom and sound judgment"
—Boston Globe Book Review
vf'"*'
"An extremely Sellable book, very informative, and very well written as well." i „ —Noam Chomsky
."Steven Pinker reminds us of the pleasures of reading about language, provided people like him are at the wheel."—^^illiam E Buckley, Jr.
Selected as One of the Best Books of the ^af by the ; Eiditorsofthe New York Times Book Review
In The Language Instmct, Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory ofHow, children acquire language, luddly explains ^rything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children leam it, how it changes, how the brain compiites it," how it evolved. With wit, erudition, 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. .f
Steven Penker is one of the world's leading experts on language and. the mind. He has won several naajor awards for his teaching and his scientific research. Pinker is director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute df Technology. He lives in Can^tidge, Massachusetts. Vissza