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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
By Steven Pinker and Arthur Morey (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Brilliance Audio
Publication date December 6, 2011
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Unabridged
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781455839681
ISBN-10 145583968X
Dimensions 1.50 by 5 by 7 in.
Weight 0.74 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $29.99
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Summaries and Reviews
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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 deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

“Pinker writes with acid verve.” ―Atlantic Monthly

“An extremely valuable book, very informative, and very well written.” ―Noam Chomsky



Editions
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
 
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
The price comparison is for this edition
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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