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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Publication date September 1, 2007
Pages 526
Binding Paperback
Edition 1 reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780061336461
ISBN-10 0061336467
Dimensions 1 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight 1 lbs.
Original list price $17.99
Summaries and Reviews
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780688121419
 
from William Morrow & Co (February 1, 1994)
9780688121419 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.75 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $23.00
About: The codirector of the MIT Center for Cognitive Science explains how language works, how it differs from thought, why adults have difficulty learning foreign languages, and why computers cannot learn human language
Paperback
Book cover for 9780060958336 Book cover for 9780061336461 Book cover for 9780140175295
 
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1 reprint edition from Harper Perennial Modern Classics (September 1, 2007)
9780061336461 | details & prices | 526 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $17.99
1 edition from Perennial (October 1, 2000)
9780060958336 | details & prices | 525 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $15.00
About: The codirector of the MIT Center for Cognitive Science explains how language works, how it differs from thought, why adults have difficulty learning foreign languages, and why computers cannot learn human language.
New edition from Gardners Books (March 30, 1995)
9780140175295 | details & prices | 496 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $17.40
About: Looks at one of the most fundamental of our species' distinguishing characteristics: the use of language.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781455839681 Book cover for 9781455839704 Book cover for 9781491514986
 
With Arthur Morey (other contributor) | Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (April 22, 2014)
9781491514986 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $9.99
With Arthur Morey (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (December 6, 2011)
9781455839681 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.00 × 1.50 in. | 0.74 lbs | List price $29.99
About: In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved.
With Arthur Morey (other contributor) | Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (December 6, 2011)
9781455839704 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.26 lbs | List price $24.99

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