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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Reprint Edition) by Steven Pinker Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-06-097651-9 / 0060976519 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097651-4 / 9780060976514 Steven Pinker's "The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind" is a groundbreaking study of language's origins as an evolutionary adaptation. How do we 'know' how to speak? In his landmark book Stephen Pinker shows how language is part of our genetic inheritance rather than a cultural |