 | The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Perennial Classics)
By Steven Pinker, Ray S. Jackendoff
ISBN: 9780060958336
Published: 2000
Number of Pages: 544
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback |
Pricing & Availability:Additional Details:
Product Type: Book
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Description: The classic book on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind.In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published. |
International Standard Book Number:
0060958332:
0060958332 (pbk.) ::
9780060958336 (pbk.) - Terms of availability:
$15.00Library of Congress Call Number
- Classification number:
P106 - Item number:
.P476 2000Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- Edition number:
21 - Classification number:
400Main Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Pinker, Steven, - Dates associated with a name:
1954-Title Statement
- Title:
The language instinct : - Remainder of title:
how the mind creates language / - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Steven Pinker - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Steven Pinker.Edition Statement:
[New ed.]:
1st Perennial Classics ed:
1st Perennial Classics ed.Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
- Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York : - Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York, N.Y. : - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
Perennial Classics, - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
2000 - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
2000, c1994. - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
2000.Physical Description
- Extent:
xv, 525 p. : - Other physical details:
ill. ; - Dimensions:
21 cm - Dimensions:
21 cm.General Note:
First HarperPerennial ed., 1995.:
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow and Co., c1994:
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow and Co., c1994.Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-502) and index - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-502) and index. - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p.469-516) and index.Citation/Reference Note
- Name of source:
Booklist - Name of source:
Choice - Name of source:
Kirkus Review - Name of source:
Library Journal - Name of source:
New York Times - Name of source:
Publisher's Weekly - Name of source:
Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.) - Name of source:
Wilson's Public Library, May 1995Summary, etc.:
An introduction to the science of language, discussing such topics as how languages work, historical linguistics, language acquisition, language change, and language perception.Target Audience Note:
Adult - Source:
Follett Library ResourcesSubject Added Entry - Topical Term
- Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Biolinguistics - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Biolinguistics. - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Language and languages - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Language and languages.
