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The language how the mind creates language by steven pinker is an intriguing and insightful look into the world of language acquisition.

Steven pinker analyzes why humans use certain suffixes or prefixes when either could work. Pinker uses a broken down tree diagram to help depict why a certain suffix is used compared to another.

His specializations are in psycholinguistics and visual cognition. He debunks myths that surround language and helps us understand the single and most unique trait that is common to all humans. The sense of the thinking person's guide to writing in th...  Read More



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Steven pinker can't conceive of how we could communicate effectively and coherently if it were not true.

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Quality


Anywaythe quality of the book is good


This will give you the equivalent knowledge of an intro to linguistics class at university with the added benefit of pinkers wo...  Read More

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Its dense though and if like me you try to understand everything you may be in store for some mental gymnastics


Language makes a culture and the world

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 991 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 29 2022.

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    The idea of progress reinvented


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    These he interweaves throughout not with a chapter dedicated to each


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    The discussion re prescriptive v descriptive grammar was rather cliche and not a little disingenuous however insisting that one persons construction of a sentence is as valid as anothers as long as it clearly communicates


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    The first edition of the language instinct how the mind creates language by steven pinker was published in 1994


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    Many of his publications are written for a general audience and are intended for anyone who uses any form of language


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    Pinker concludes that language is an instinct from birth and it is not a skill that is learned because language is a product of human instinct and not a cultural invention


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    A large majority of pinker’s focus is on children because as infants they learn to speak without being given a proper education about the grammatical rules for the language that they speak


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    For a better understanding of this concept pinker compares infants to a newly born spider spinning webs stating that spiders are not taught to spin webs but that they are genetically inclined to develop the ability to spin webs

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