Words And Rules (Science Masters)

Pinker, Prof Steven

ISBN 10: 0297816470 / ISBN 13: 9780297816478

Published by W&N, 1999

About this Item

A brand new unopened and unread paperback copy of this fine 2000 book by Professor Seven Pinker. How does language work? How do children learn their mother tongue? Why do languages change over time, making Shakespearean English difficult for us to follow and Chaucer's English almost incomprehensible? Why do languages have so many quirks and irregularities? Are they all fundamentally alike? How are new words created? Where in the brain does language reside? In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker answers these and many other questions. Pinker makes sense of everything with the help of a single, powerful idea: that language comprises a mental dictionary of memorized words and a mental grammar of creative rules. It is a distinction that extends beyond language and offers insight into the very nature of the human mind. Words and Rules is a sparkling, eye-opening, and utterly original book by one of the world's leading cognitive scientists. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Words And Rules (Science Masters)
• Publisher: W&N
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297816470
• ISBN 13: 9780297816478
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This text answers many questions about the amazing human ability called language. It explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, including the history of language, its simulation by computer neural networks, the use of language as a source of wit and whimsey, the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak, and the tragic loss of language from neurological disease.

About the Author

Steven Pinker is Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of the Technology.