The Twitter Machine:: Reflections on Language

By Neilson Voyne Smith

Book Overview

'It is a very elegant achievement. Each chapter carries the reader from simple, appealing examples that should arouse curiosity and surprise, not only to insights of some depth into language and psychology, but also to a sense of the nature of rational inquiry more generally, and to interesting thoughts about questions of much human significance. The presentation is lucid and well-argued, the selected materials, drawn from varied sources and fields, are pertinent and illuminating. It is popularization of science in the very best sense, a feat not easy to achieve. I read through it with pleasure and anticipation, and I expect that others will as well, over a wide range of backgrounds and familiarity with the topics addressed.' Noam Chomsky

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001RFR492
• ISBN13: 9780631169260
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"