- Language and languages, Comparative and general Grammar, Verb, Language acquisition
How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this book, the profound mysteries of language are explored.
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- Author
- Steven Pinker
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Orion Publishing Group, Limited, Basic Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780465049714
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“Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is.”
Steven Arthur "Steve" Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.
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