Name: Words and Rules

Full name: Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

Author: Steven Pinker
Year: 1999
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Non Fiction, Science, Psychology, Philosophy

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ISBNs:
9780753810255
9780060958404
0753810255
0060958405
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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