Words and rules : the ingredients of language /
Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Words and rules : the ingredients of language / - London : Phoenix, 2000. - 176 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
In 'Words and Rules', Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, proposing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of memorized words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.
0753810255 9780753810255: £7.99
Psycholinguistics.
Language acquisition.
Language and languages.
401.9 / PIN
Words and rules : the ingredients of language / - London : Phoenix, 2000. - 176 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
In 'Words and Rules', Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, proposing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of memorized words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.
0753810255 9780753810255: £7.99
Psycholinguistics.
Language acquisition.
Language and languages.
401.9 / PIN