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English
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Language And Languages
Verb
Comparative And General Grammar
Language Acquisition
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 5 views
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9781780227740
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Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur "Steve" Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

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Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is...

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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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