ISBN10: 0670063274, ISBN13: 9780670063277, [publisher: Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 499 pp. Another great book on language by Steven Pinker. New in new dustjacket.
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ISBN10: 0670063274, ISBN13: 9780670063277, [publisher: Viking Adult] Hardcover Signed by Steven Pinker on the title page. First edition first printing. An unread copy in like new condition. All items packaged promptly with care.
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Viking Adult. New. Date: 2007. Hardcover. 0670063274 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, like new, pristine, never opened -- Text in English. 512 pages. Description: "Bestselling Harvard psychology professor Pinker (The Blank Slate) investigates what the words we use tell us about the way we think. Language, he concludes, reflects our brain structure, which itself is innate. Similarly, the way we talk about things is rooted in, but not identical to, physical reality: human beings take the analogue flow of sensation the world presents to them and package their experience into objects and events. Examining how we do this, the author summarizes and rejects such linguistic theories as extreme nativism and radical pragmatism as he tosses around terms like content-locative and semantic reconstrual that may seem daunting to general readers. But Pinker, a masterful popularizer, illuminates this specialized material with homely illustrations. The difference between drinking from a glass of beer and drinking a glass of beer, for example, shows that the mind has the power to frame a single situation in very different ways. Separate chapters explore concepts of causality, naming, swearing and politeness as the tools with which we organize the flow of raw information. Metaphor in particular, he asserts, helps us entertain new ideas and new ways of ...