The Language Instinct

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book popular science book

The Language Instinct is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that argues humans are born with an innate capacity for language, exploring how language develops, functions, and evolves.

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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language 1
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
popular science book ⓘ
arguesAgainst strong behaviorist accounts of language learning ⓘ
author Steven Pinker ⓘ
awarded William James Book Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizes extreme relativist views of language ⓘ
strong Sapir-Whorf hypothesis ⓘ
discusses animal communication ⓘ
evolutionary psychology ⓘ
language change ⓘ
language development in children ⓘ
language disorders ⓘ
language universals ⓘ
pidgins and creoles ⓘ
sign languages ⓘ
speech perception ⓘ
speech production ⓘ
universal grammar ⓘ
field cognitive science ⓘ
evolutionary psychology ⓘ
psycholinguistics ⓘ
followedBy How the Mind Works ⓘ
genre cognitive science literature ⓘ
linguistics literature ⓘ
popular science ⓘ
hasEdition The Language Instinct self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

The Language Instinct self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
hasISBN 978-0-06-097651-4 ⓘ
influencedBy Noam Chomsky ⓘ
generative grammar ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainThesis humans are born with an innate capacity for language ⓘ
notableFor making technical linguistics accessible to lay readers ⓘ
popularizing the idea of language as a biological instinct ⓘ
publicationYear 1994 ⓘ
publisher William Morrow and Company ⓘ
subject cognitive science ⓘ
evolution of language ⓘ
language acquisition ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
psycholinguistics ⓘ
supportsTheory language as an instinct shaped by natural selection ⓘ
modular view of the mind ⓘ
targetAudience general readers ⓘ
students of cognitive science ⓘ
students of linguistics ⓘ

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Steven Pinker → notableWork → The Language Instinct ⓘ
The Language Instinct → hasEdition → The Language Instinct self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct → hasEdition → The Language Instinct self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
How the Mind Works → precededBy → The Language Instinct ⓘ
Words and Rules → relatedWork → The Language Instinct ⓘ