The Stuff of Thought
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The Stuff of Thought is a book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores how language reveals the nature of human thought, emotion, and social relationships.
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| The Stuff of Thought canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Steven Pinker ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Viking design department ⓘ |
| explores |
how language encodes emotion
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how language reflects human thought ⓘ how language structures social interaction ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Better Angels of Our Nature ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science
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popular science ⓘ psycholinguistics ⓘ |
| hasDeweyDecimalClassification | 401 ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | P106.P56 ⓘ |
| hasOclcNumber | 122261268 ⓘ |
| hasSubjectCategory |
Cognition and language
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Language and languages—Philosophy ⓘ Thought and thinking ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0670063274 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780670063277 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainThesis | patterns in language reveal underlying structures of human nature ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of profanity and taboo words
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application of cognitive science to ordinary speech ⓘ discussion of naming and reference ⓘ treatment of metaphor in everyday language ⓘ |
| pageCount | 512 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Steven Pinker popular science books ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Blank Slate ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| subject |
emotion
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human cognition ⓘ indirect speech ⓘ language and thought ⓘ metaphor ⓘ names ⓘ semantics ⓘ social relationships ⓘ swearing ⓘ |
| subtitle | Language as a Window into Human Nature ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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students of linguistics ⓘ students of psychology ⓘ |
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