TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pinker,Steven
TI  - Words and rules: the ingredients of language 
SN  - 0465072690
AV  - P106 .P477 1999
U1  - 415 22
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Verb
N1  - Include index
N2  - "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
ER  -