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The Language Instinct

by Steven Pinker

Genre: Linguistics

Language: English

Country: United States

Publisher: William Morrow

Year: 1994

Format: Paperback

Audience: Adult

Price: $18.99

Rating: 4.6/5

Reading Time: 7 hours

Argues humans are born with innate capacity for language acquisition and grammatical structure.

Cultural Notes: Classic introduction to psycholinguistics.

Reviews

Linguist

Brilliant defense of language instinct.

Rating: 5/5

Student

Changed how I think about language.

Rating: 5/5