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368 pages • paperback • first pub 1999 • 13 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780060958404
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, proposing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of memorized words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.
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368 pages • paperback • 1999
ISBN/UID: 9780060958404
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, proposing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of memorized words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.