Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker. - First edition. - xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities: the history of languages; the theories of Noam Chomsky and his critics; the attempts to simulate language using computer simulations of neural networks; the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak; the nature of human concepts; the peculiarities of the English language; major ideas in the history of Western philosophy; the latest techniques in identifying genes and imaging the living brain."--Jacket.
0465072690 9780465072699 9780965437462 0965437469 0060958405 9780060958404
99043013
Language and languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.
P106 / .P477 1999
415
Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker. - First edition. - xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Include index
"In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities: the history of languages; the theories of Noam Chomsky and his critics; the attempts to simulate language using computer simulations of neural networks; the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak; the nature of human concepts; the peculiarities of the English language; major ideas in the history of Western philosophy; the latest techniques in identifying genes and imaging the living brain."--Jacket.
0465072690 9780465072699 9780965437462 0965437469 0060958405 9780060958404
99043013
Language and languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.
P106 / .P477 1999
415