The language instinct : how the mind creates language / Steven Pinker.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial ModernClassics, 2007Edition: 1. Harper Perennial Modern Classics edDescription: xv, 526, 32 p. ill. 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780061336461
- 0061336467
- How the mind creates language
- 400 23
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| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book (loan) | Campus Karlskrona | 400 | Available | 85001041354 |
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow and Co., c1994.
Includes "P.S. : insights, interviews & more," with material about the author, the writing of the book, and the author's suggestions for further reading.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-502) and index.
An instinct to acquire an art -- Chatterboxes -- Mentalese -- How language works -- Words, words, words -- The sounds of silence -- Talking heads -- The Tower of Babel -- Baby born talking--describes heaven -- Language organs and grammar genes -- The big bang -- The language mavens -- Mind design.