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- catalog abstract ""In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities: the history of languages; the theories of Noam Chomsky and his critics; the attempts to simulate language using computer simulations of neural networks; the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak; the nature of human concepts; the peculiarities of the English language; major ideas in the history of Western philosophy; the latest techniques in identifying genes and imaging the living brain."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11403277.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities: the history of languages; the theories of Noam Chomsky and his critics; the attempts to simulate language using computer simulations of neural networks; the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak; the nature of human concepts; the peculiarities of the English language; major ideas in the history of Western philosophy; the latest techniques in identifying genes and imaging the living brain."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-333) and index.".
- catalog description "The infinite library -- Dissection by linguistics -- Broken telephone -- In single combat -- Word nerds -- Of mice and men -- Kids say the darnedest things -- The horrors of the German language -- The black box -- A digital mind in an analog world.".
- catalog extent "xi, 348 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Words and rules.".
- catalog identifier "0465072690".
- catalog isFormatOf "Words and rules.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Words and rules.".
- catalog subject "415 21".
- catalog subject "Grammar, Comparative and general Verb.".
- catalog subject "Language and languages.".
- catalog subject "P106 .P477 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "The infinite library -- Dissection by linguistics -- Broken telephone -- In single combat -- Word nerds -- Of mice and men -- Kids say the darnedest things -- The horrors of the German language -- The black box -- A digital mind in an analog world.".
- catalog title "Words and rules : the ingredients of language / Steven Pinker.".
- catalog type "text".