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By making noises with our mouths, we can cause new combinations of ideas to arise in each other's minds. It comes so naturally that we are apt to forget what a miracle it is. Pursuing the ideas of Darwin and Chomsky, Pinker offers a look at why we use language and where this ability comes from
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The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker
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- Released
- 1994
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- Subtitle
- The New Science of Language and Mind
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Steven Pinker
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0713990996
- ISBN13
- 9780713990997
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Languages, Linguistics, Neuroscience
- First published
- 1994
- Original title
- The Language Instinct
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- By making noises with our mouths, we can cause new combinations of ideas to arise in each other's minds. It comes so naturally that we are apt to forget what a miracle it is. Pursuing the ideas of Darwin and Chomsky, Pinker offers a look at why we use language and where this ability comes from