Language, cognition, and human nature : selected articles / Steven Pinker.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: xi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780190259280

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401.9 23 PIN

Contents:

Formal models of language learning -- A computational theory of the mental imagery medium -- Rules and connections in human language / with Alan Prince -- When does human object recognition use a viewer-centered reference frame? / with Michael Tarr -- Natural language and natural selection / with Paul Bloom -- The acquisition of argument structure -- The nature of human concepts : evidence from an unusual source / with Alan Prince -- Why nature and nurture won't go away -- The faculty of language : what's special about it? / with Ray Jackendoff -- So how does the mind work? -- Deep commonalities between life and mind -- Rationales for indirect speech : the theory of the strategic speaker / with James Lee -- The cognitive niche : coevolution of intelligence, sociality, and language.

Summary: Collects for the first time Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker is a highly eminent cognitive scientist, and these essays emphasize the importance of language and its connections to cognition, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature.

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Originally published: 2013.

Formal models of language learning --
A computational theory of the mental imagery medium --
Rules and connections in human language / with Alan Prince --

When does human object recognition use a viewer-centered reference frame? / with Michael Tarr --

Natural language and natural selection / with Paul Bloom --

The acquisition of argument structure --

The nature of human concepts : evidence from an unusual source / with Alan Prince --

Why nature and nurture won't go away --

The faculty of language : what's special about it? / with Ray Jackendoff --

So how does the mind work? --

Deep commonalities between life and mind --

Rationales for indirect speech : the theory of the strategic speaker / with James Lee --

The cognitive niche : coevolution of intelligence, sociality, and language.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Collects for the first time Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker is a highly eminent cognitive scientist, and these essays emphasize the importance of language and its connections to cognition, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature.

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