The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Steven Pinker

ISBN 10: 0670063274 / ISBN 13: 9780670063277

Verlag: Viking Adult, 2007

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0670063274I4N01

Inhaltsangabe:

The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one ofTime's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.

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Titel: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window ...
Verlag: Viking Adult
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket