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Words and rules

Steven Pinker

1999348 pagesabout 5–8 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 348 pages · ENGISBN 9780297816478
  • 1999Basic Books · 348 pages · ENGISBN 9780465072699
  • 2000Phoenix · 397 pages · ENGISBN 9780753810255
  • 2011Harper Perennial · 386 pagesISBN 9780062011909
  • 2015Brilliance AudioISBN 9781501261053
  • 2000Harper Perennial · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9780060958404
  • 2015Basic Books · 384 pagesISBN 9780465072705
  • 2000Spektrum Akademischer Verlag · 478 pagesISBN 9783827402974

How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this book, the profound mysteries of language are explored.

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