The Stuff of Thought Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Pinker, Steven
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Viking Adult. New. 2007. Hardcover. 0670063274 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in English. 512 pages. Description: "Bestselling Harvard psychology professor Pinker (The Blank Slate) investigates what the words we use tell us about the way we think. Language, he concludes, reflects our brain structure, which itself is innate. Similarly, the way we talk about things is rooted in, but not identical to, physical reality: human beings take the analogue flow of sensation the world presents to them and package their experience into objects and events. Examining how we do this, the author summarizes and rejects such linguistic theories as extreme nativism and radical pragmatism as he tosses around terms like content-locative and semantic reconstrual that may seem daunting to general readers. But Pinker, a masterful popularizer, illuminates this specialized material with homely illustrations. The difference between drinking from a glass of beer and drinking a glass of beer, for example, shows that the mind has the power to frame a single situation in very different ways. Separate chapters explore concepts of causality, naming, swearing and politeness as the tools with which we organize the flow of raw information. Metaphor in particular, he asserts, helps us entertain new ideas and new ways of managing our affairs. His vivid prose and down-to-earth attitude will once again attract an enthusiastic audience outside academia." - Publishers Weekly -- with a bonus offer-- .
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- Title
- The Stuff of Thought Language as a Window into Human Nature
- Author
- Pinker, Steven
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
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- ISBN 10
- 0670063274
- ISBN 13
- 9780670063277
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- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
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- 0670063274, collectible
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