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The Language Instinct

1994 written work by Steven Pinker
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Instance of
written work
Author
Steven Pinker[2]
Genre
essay[4]
Language of work or name
English[6]
Publication date
1994[8]
Followed by
How the Mind Works[5]
Country of origin
United States[7]
Has version, edition or translation
The Language Instinct[9]
Main subject
linguistics, psycholinguistics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary psychology of language[10][11][12][13]
Publisher
William Morrow[3]
Subtitle
How the Mind Creates Language, Zihin Dili Nasıl Meydana Getirir[16][17]
Title
The Language Instinct, Dil İçgüdüsü[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Language Instinct en The Language Instinct. How the Mind Creates Language en The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language ar الغريزة اللغوية es El instinto del lenguaje fa غریزه زبان fr L'Instinct du langage he אינסטינקט השפה hu A nyelvi ösztön ja 言語を生みだす本能 ja 言語を生み出す本能 ko 언어 본능 pt O Instinto da Linguagem ru The Language Instinct ru Язык как инстинкт tr Dil İçgüdüsü tr Dil İçgüdüsü: Zihin Dili Nasıl Meydana Getirir zh 語言本能
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Goodreads work ID
2422982
LibraryThing work ID
3585
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
750169314
Open Library ID
OL477848W
Quora topic ID
Language-Instinct

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Main subject 4
linguistics, psycholinguistics, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary psychology of language
Author 1
Steven Pinker
Country of origin 1
United States
Created notable works 1
Steven Pinker
Followed by 1
How the Mind Works
Followed by (predecessor) 1
How the Mind Works
Genre 1
essay
Language of work or name 1
English
Publisher 1
William Morrow
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    Genre → essay
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    Followed by → How the Mind Works
    Main subject → linguistics, psycholinguistics, evolutionary psychology +1
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