The language instinct: how the mind creates language (perennial classics)

The Codirector Of The Mit Center For Cognitive Science Explains How Language Works, How It Differs From Thought, Why Adults Have Difficulty Learning Foreign Languages, And Why Computers Cannot Learn Human Language. Table Of Contents — An Instinct To Acquire An Art — Chatterboxes — Mentalese — How Language Works — Words, Words, Words — The Sounds Of Silence — Talking Heads — The Tower Of Babel — Baby Born Talking Describes Heaven — Language Organs And Grammar Genes — The Big Bang — The Language Mavens — Mind Design. Steven Pinker. This Book Was Originally Published In 1994 By William Morrow And Company. — T.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [469]-502) And Index.