Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is.
An edition of Words and rules: the ingredients of language
(1999)
Words and Rules
the ingredients of language
by Steven Pinker and Arthur Morey
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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.
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Language and languages, Comparative and general Grammar, Verb, Language acquisition, Verbe (Linguistique), Arbitrarität, Langage et langues, Kognitive Linguistik, Kognitionswissenschaft, Psycholinguistik, Sprachtheorie, Konnektionismus, Sprache, Llenguatge i llengües, Gramàtica comparada i general, Kognition, Onregelmatige werkwoorden, Taal, Taalwetenschap, Regelmatige werkwoorden, Sprachproduktion, Psycholinguistics, Grammar, comparative and general, Linguagem (aspectos cognitivos), Neurolingüística| Edition | Availability |
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients Of Language
Jul 14, 2015, Basic Books
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
2014, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
1780227744 9781780227740
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
2002-06-, DIANE Publishing Company
0756756111 9780756756116
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
January 15, 2000, Harper Perennial
Paperback
in English
- 1st edition
0060958405 9780060958404
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Words and Rules: the ingredients of language
2000, Phoenix
Paperback
in English
0753810255 9780753810255
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Wörter und Regeln: Die Natur der Sprache (German Edition)
Sep 01, 2000, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag
3827402972 9783827402974
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Words and Rules (Science Masters)
October 5, 2000, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0753810255 9780753810255
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
January 15, 2000, Harper Perennial
in English
0060958405 9780060958404
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Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
0297816470 9780297816478
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Words and rules: the ingredients of language
1999, Basic Books
in English
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0465072690 9780465072699
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Infinite Library
2. Dissection by Linguistics
3. Broken Telephone
4. In Single Combat
5. Word Nerds
6. Of Mice and Men
7. Kids Say the Darnedest Things
8. The Horrors of the German Language
9. The Black Box
10. A Digital Mind in an Analog World
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
Edition Notes
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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