The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language (P.S.) (English Edition)

Steven Pinker

HarperCollins e-books

2010

546 páginas

18h 12m

ISBN-13: 9780062032522

Português Brasileiro

The classic book on the development of human language by the worlds leading expert on language and the mind. In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

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Em linguagem clara e objetiva, Pinker explica, do ponto de vista da ciência cognitiva, o que é o tal do instinto da linguagem, e mesmo por que é um instinto e se ele existe. Nesse sentido, achei o livro muito convincente, e a relação com computação e evolução é pessoalmente agradável para mim.

No mais, recomendo muito o livro para quem é interessado nos assuntos do funcionamento da mente.