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Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind. His popular and highly praised books include The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, Words and Rules, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching, books, and scientific research, Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He also writes frequently for The New York Times, Time, The New Republic, and other magazines.

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Bettie's Books rated it

16 years ago

text The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Perennial Classics)

The Nature side of the Nature versus Nurture debate. This proves it - Not all women sound as if they are reading for Women's Hour - please take note, historians, when you choose your readers.I used to have quite a crush on teh Pinker once upon a time:

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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it

26 years ago

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There's a joke in this book that linguists really like. An English woman has just got off the plane at Boston's Logan airport. She takes a cab, and starts questioning the driver about where to obtain various local delicacies."Oh yes," she says in her posh English accent. "Could you tell me where you...

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Amadan na Briona rated it

28 years ago

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Interesting for its discussion of language and language acquisition. But: too many people take Pinker's word as gospel, when in fact his theories are quite controversial. This book also bears a lot of responsibility for the rise of pop EvPsych. Evolutionary psychology is a field that has a few worth...

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