num_pages: 397
description: In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explains the mysteries of language by examining a single construction from a dozen viewpoints, proposing that the essence of language is a mental dictionary of memorized words, and a mental grammar of creative rules.
language: English
title: Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
titlecomplete: Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
genres: Neuroscience, Language, Philosophy, Unfinished, Science, Reference, Linguistics, Psychology, Nonfiction, Writing
ratings_count: 1823
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