New York: William Morrow and Company, [1994]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 494pp. Minor shelf wear, a few leaves dog-eared, textblock and jacket lightly cockled from exposure to damp, else a Very Good, bright copy overall. Seller Inventory # 28383

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Title: The Language Instinct

Publisher: William Morrow and Company, New York

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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The codirector of the MIT Center for Cognitive Science explains how language works, how it differs from thought, why adults have difficulty learning foreign languages, and why computers cannot learn human language

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Science Is...
According to Steven PInker, science is an institution that fosters the instinct to make sense of the world while discouraging the instinct to deceive ourselves and one another.

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