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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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
author Steven Pinker
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Viking design department
explores how language encodes emotion
how language reflects human thought
how language structures social interaction
followedBy The Better Angels of Our Nature
genre cognitive science
popular science
psycholinguistics
hasDeweyDecimalClassification 401
hasLibraryOfCongressClassification P106.P56
hasOclcNumber 122261268
hasSubjectCategory Cognition and language
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
paperback
print
notableFor analysis of profanity and taboo words
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
surface form: Viking Press
subject emotion
human cognition
indirect speech
language and thought
metaphor
names
semantics
social relationships
swearing
subtitle Language as a Window into Human Nature
targetAudience general readers
students of linguistics
students of psychology

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