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Vassar College - FALL 2010 | ||
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language (Reprint Edition) by Steven Pinker Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-06-095840-5 / 0060958405 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-095840-4 / 9780060958404 At least until very recently, the human brain was a black box. The only way we could see how it worked, was to look at how people acted--and listen to what they said.Steven Pinker has a very good ear. You know it instantly from his prose: elegant, accessible and very witty indeed. In Words and Rules |