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BL
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629111
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| Main Entry
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Pinker, Steven,1954-
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| Title & Author
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Words and rules : : the ingredients of language /\ Steven Pinker.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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xi, 348 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0465072690
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: 9780465072699
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: 9780965437462
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: 0965437469
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: 0060958405
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: 9780060958404
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-333) and index.
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| Contents
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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 an analog world.
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| Abstract
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"In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities: the history of languages; the theories of Noam Chomsky and his critics; the attempts to simulate language using computer simulations of neural networks; the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak; the nature of human concepts; the peculiarities of the English language; major ideas in the history of Western philosophy; the latest techniques in identifying genes and imaging the living brain."--Jacket.
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| Subject
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Language and languages.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Verb.
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| Dewey Classification
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415
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| LC Classification
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P106.P477 1999
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P106 P477 1999
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