The Language Instinct
Douban
ISBN: 9780141037653
author:
Steven Pinker
publishing house: Penguin
publication date: 2008
-9
binding: Paperback
price: GBP 4.85
number of pages: 496
The New Science of Language and Mind
Steven Pinker
overview
Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct propelled him to worldwide fame in 1994. His groundbreaking book's premise - that language is instinctual rather than acquired - so shook the foundations of biological science that the reverberations are still being felt today.