Steven Pinker - The Language Instinct (eBook & AudioBook)

Steven Pinker - The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind (eBook & AudioBook)

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (2000)
ISBN: 0140291237

Publisher: The Orion Publishing Group Ltd (2001)
ISBN: 0752841440

How did language evolve? How old is language? How do we all know how to speak so effortlessly? Why is structural grammatical language specifically human? In his illuminating book, Steven Pinker attacks these fundamental questions with intense curiosity, energetic wit and clarity. He discusses every facet of human language and uncovers its deepest mysteries. Language, to Pinker, is an instinct, and he cuts through the jargon of the science of linguistics to show us how and why. Complemented by Lalla Ward’s superb and eloquent reading, this is an audio book about the power of communication and will enlighten all those curious to understand this human power.

Steven Pinker is Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of the Technology.