TY - GEN AU - Pinker,Steven TI - Words and rules : : the ingredients of language SN - 9780062011909 AV - P 106 P655w 2011 U1 - 415 PY - 2011/// CY - New York : PB - Harper perennial, KW - Lenguaje y lenguas KW - Gramática comparada y general N2 - "In Words and Rules, Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively single phenomenon and examining it from every angle. The phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs - connects an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities: the history of languages; the theories of Noam Chomsky and his critics; the attempts to simulate language using computer simulations of neural networks; the illuminating errors of children as they begin to speak; the nature of human concepts; the peculiarities of the English language; major ideas in the history of Western philosophy; the latest techniques in identifying genes and imaging the living brain." ER -