num_pages: 494
description: 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
language: English
title: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
titlecomplete: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
genres: Anthropology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Biology, Science, Nonfiction, Psychology, Language, Neuroscience, Evolution
ratings_count: 21516
series: Language and Human Nature Tetralogy
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: William James Book Award
publisher: William Morrow & Co