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The Language Instinct (The Language Instinct) explores how humans acquire language as an innate capacity, transforming our understanding of communication and cognition. This seminal work examines the idea that language is not a cultural artifact alone but a biological faculty hard-wired into the human brain, offering arguments, experiments, and insights that have shaped modern linguistics. (ISBN 9780061336461)

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Pinker argues that language emerges from a universal set of mental rules shared by all humans, a sophisticated instinct shaped by evolution rather than a learned skill alone. Through accessible examples, thought experiments, and cross-cultural observations, the book traces how children acquire complex grammar, how languages diversify, and how the mind processes linguistic structures in real time. It blends cognitive science, psychology, and linguistics to reveal the deep, inborn mechanisms that enable speech, comprehension, and creativity.

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Steven Pinker is a renowned cognitive scientist, psychologist, and bestselling author known for his accessible explanations of language, mind, and human nature. A prominent advocate for scientific literacy, his work spans linguistics, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience, earning wide readership and critical acclaim for shaping public understanding of language and cognition.

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The book presents a compelling case that language is an innate human instinct, rooted in biology and shaped by evolution, with profound implications for how we think, learn, and communicate.

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The Language Instinct (The Language Instinct) explores how humans acquire language as an innate capacity, transforming our understanding of communication and cognition. This seminal work examines the idea that language is not a cultural artifact alone but a biological faculty hard-wired into the human brain, offering arguments, experiments, and insights that have shaped modern linguistics. (ISBN 9780061336461)

Summary

Pinker argues that language emerges from a universal set of mental rules shared by all humans, a sophisticated instinct shaped by evolution rather than a learned skill alone. Through accessible examples, thought experiments, and cross-cultural observations, the book traces how children acquire complex grammar, how languages diversify, and how the mind processes linguistic structures in real time. It blends cognitive science, psychology, and linguistics to reveal the deep, inborn mechanisms that enable speech, comprehension, and creativity.

About the author

Steven Pinker is a renowned cognitive scientist, psychologist, and bestselling author known for his accessible explanations of language, mind, and human nature. A prominent advocate for scientific literacy, his work spans linguistics, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience, earning wide readership and critical acclaim for shaping public understanding of language and cognition.

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The book presents a compelling case that language is an innate human instinct, rooted in biology and shaped by evolution, with profound implications for how we think, learn, and communicate.

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EAN (ISBN-13): 9780061336461
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0061336467
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Publishing year: 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
576 Pages
Weight: 0,445 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9780061336461

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0-06-133646-7, 978-0-06-133646-1
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