Words and rules : the ingredients of language
Pinker, Steven, 1954-1999
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In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, positing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.
Main title:
Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
Collation:
xi, 348p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and index.
ISBN:
9780297816478 (hbk)
Dewey class:
401
Language:
English
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BRN:
224601
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