Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker.
Pinker, Steven, 1954-
2000
P106 .P477 2000 (Mapit)
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Title Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker.
Author Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Edition 1st Perennial ed.
ISBN 0060958405 (pbk.)
9780060958404 (pbk.)
Publication Details New York : Perennial, c2000.
Language English
Description xi, 349 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number P106 .P477 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification 401.9
Summary How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this book, the profound mysteries of language are explored.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and index.
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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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