Download Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language by Steven Pinker PDF
Key ideas from the book
- Regular and irregular verbs offer a lens for examining how language works.
- Language involves a mental dictionary of memorized words.
- A mental grammar enables the creation of new linguistic forms.
- The discussion connects language to its history and to computer simulations.
- The book considers how language relates to ideas in Western philosophy and the human mind.
About Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language by Steven Pinker
Regular and irregular verbs provide Steven Pinker with a focused way to examine how language works. He explores the topic across fields, including the history of languages, computer simulations of language, and ideas from Western philosophy.
Pinker’s central account is that language draws on both a mental dictionary of memorized words and a mental grammar capable of creating new forms. Readers interested in linguistics, psychology, and the workings of the human mind will find a wide-ranging discussion grounded in this distinction.
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