Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
By (author): "Steven Pinker"
Publish Date:
1999
ISBN0753810255
ISBN139780753810255
AsinWords and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
Original titleWords and Rules (Science Masters)
In 'Words and Rules', Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, proposing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of memorized words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.