The language instinct : how the mind creates language /: how the mind creates language. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: How the mind creates language
• Further Information: Note: Steven Pinker.
• Other Names: Pinker, Steven, 1954-
• Contents: Preface -- 1: Instinct to acquire an art -- 2: Chatterboxes -- 3: Mentalese -- 4: How language works -- 5: Words, words, words -- 6: Sounds of silence -- 7: Talking heads -- 8: Tower of Babel -- 9: Baby born talking-describes heaven -- 10: Language organs and grammar genes -- 11: Big bang -- 12: Language mavens -- 13: Mind design -- Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperPerennial ModernClassics
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 526, 32 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 410; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics*; Language and languages; Biolinguistics; Linguistics; Lenguaje y lenguas; Biolingüística; Biolinguistics; Language and languages; Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062032522; 0062032526; 9780141929682; 0141929685
• Related ISBNs: 9780061336461; 0061336467
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-502) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.