Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker.
By: Pinker, Steven.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [1999]Copyright date: ℗♭1999Edition: First edition.Description: xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0465072690; 9780465072699; 9780965437462; 0965437469; 0060958405; 9780060958404.Subject(s): Language and languages | Grammar, Comparative and general -- VerbDDC classification: 415 Review: "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.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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