Language and Mind
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Language and Mind by Steven Pinker
This explanation of some of the mysteries of language examines a single phenomenon, regular and irregular verbs, from vantage points ranging from the theories of Noam Chomsky, the computer simulation of neural networks, the errors of children, and the loss of language from neurological disease.
Pinker, Steven: - Steven Pinker is Peter de Florez Professor of Psychology at MIT. His research on visual cognition and the psychology of language has earned prizes from the National Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Association. Pinker has also received many awards for his teaching at MIT and for his books How the Mind Works (which was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) and The Language Instinct. He is an elected fellow of several scientific societies, associate editor of Cognition, and a member of the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary. He has written for the New York Times, Time, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Slate, and Technology Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780465072699 |
| ISBN 10 | 0465072690 |
| Title | Language and Mind |
| Author | Steven Pinker |
| Series | Science Masters Ser |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
| Year published | 1999-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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