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Words and rules : the ingredients of language

text Words and rules : the ingredients of language

Summary
"In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sci... Read more
Contents

The infinite library -- Dissection by linguistics -- Broken telephone -- In single combat -- Word nerds -- Of mice and men -- Kids say the darnedest things -- The horrors of the German language -- The black box -- A digital mind in an analog world.

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Description
xi, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Basic Books 1999

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 415.21 PIN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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