The Language Instinct

In The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT, weaves his vast knowledge of language into a compelling theory: that language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution like web spinning in spiders or sonar in bats. Along the way, The Language Instinct lucidly explains the important issues your students need to know about language: how it works, how it evolved, how children learn it, how the brain computes it, and how it changes. ''A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book.''-New York Times Book Review

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven Pinker
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 04.09.2007
• Categoria: Libri scolastici; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Guide e manuali > Spiritualità > Esoterismo; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780061336461
• ISBN: 978-0-06-133646-1
• Numero di pagine: 576
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.6 x 20.5 x 2.5 cm
• Serie: HarperPerennial Modern Classics; HarperPerennial Modern Classics
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