The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (91 page)

The Stuff of Thought: Language and Human Nature

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

How the Mind Works

Learnability and Cognition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure

Language Learnability and Language Development

This book was originally published in 1994 by William Morrow and Company.

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THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT
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All the technical terms from linguistics, biology, and cognitive science that I use in this book are defined in the Glossary on pages 503–516.