Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Perennial, c2000Edition: 1st Perennial edDescription: xi, 349 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060958405 (pbk.)
  • 9780060958404 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.9 P477 2010
LOC classification:
  • P106 .P477*
Other classification:
  • 17.55
  • F.01
  • F:do
Contents:
Preface -- The infinite library -- Dissection by linguistics -- Broken telephone -- In single combat -- Word nerds -- Of mice and men -- Kids say the darnedest things -- The horrors of the German language -- The black box -- A digital mind in analog world -- Glossary.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and index.

Preface -- The infinite library -- Dissection by linguistics -- Broken telephone -- In single combat -- Word nerds -- Of mice and men -- Kids say the darnedest things -- The horrors of the German language -- The black box -- A digital mind in analog world -- Glossary.

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