Learnability and Cognition, new edition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure

by Steven Pinker

Book Overview

A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, "The Secret Life of Verbs."

Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become classics in cognitive science. Learnability and Cognition, first published in 1989, brought together two big topics: how do children learn their mother tongue,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518406
• ISBN13: 9780262518406
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher