Words and Rules: The Ingredients Of Language

by Steven Pinker

Overview

"In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker answers questions about the miraculous human ability called language, and does it in the gripping, witty style of his other bestsellers. Here Pinker explains the myst"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465049714
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	07/14/2015
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	236,392
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Steven Pinker, a native of Montreal, studied experimental psychology at McGill University and Harvard University. He is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Pinker conducts research on languages and cognition, writes for publications such as the New York Times, Time, and The New Republic, and is the author of eight books, including The Language Instinct (1994), How the Mind Works (1997), The Blank Slate (2002), The Stuff of Thought (2007), and most recently The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (2011).

Hometown:

Boston, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

September 18, 1954

Place of Birth:

Montreal, Canada

Education:

B.A., McGill University, 1976; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1979

Website:

http://stevenpinker.com/

Table of Contents

1. The Infinite Library
2. Dissection by Linguistics
3. Broken Telephone
4. In Single Combat
5. Word Nerds
6. Of Mice and Men
7. Kids Say the Darnedest Things
8. The Horrors of the German Language
9. The Black Box
10. A Digital Mind in an Analog World

Editorial Reviews

"[An excellent work of popular science."—Thomas Nagel, The New Republic

"the book provides a scholarly, persuasive, enjoyable, and eminently readable account of important language phenomena."—Nature

"Compelling and revelatory."—Guardian

"An intellectual joyride."—Globe and Mail

"Not only does Pinker breathe life into the topic, he makes the reading breathtakingly exciting."—Montreal Gazette

"A fascinating voyage of discovery."—Sunday Telegraph

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