- Hardcover: 428 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press (1 Jan 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262161117
- ISBN-13: 978-0262161114
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,645,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" Learnability and Cognition is theoretically a big advance, beautifully reasoned, and a goldmine of information." Lila Gleitman "Pinker's book is a monumental study that sets a new standard for work on learnability." Ray Jackendoff , Brandeis University "Pinker's book is a monumental piece of work it sets a standard for work in learnability." Ray Jackendoff , Brandeis University
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In tackling a learning paradox that has challenged scholars for more than a decade, Pinker synthesizes a vast literature in linguistics and psycholinguistics and outlines explicit theories of the mental representation, learning, and development of verb meaning and verb syntax.
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This is an academic book written primarily for language experts and is hard going for people not up to date with linguistics. I think it is probably as clear as it could be - Pinker always keeps the general reader in mind.
The book tries to explain how we learn the very fine distinctions sometimes made by the syntax of verbs; I think he is saying it is bound up with the fine distinctions implicit in the meaning of the verbs.
This is a very different book from the ones written for the general reader; although Pinker seems to be saying that there are grand simplicities at the heart of his argument, it appears to the uninitiated to be complex and counter-intuitive at times.
My three stars reflect mainly my lack of expertise in the field - I don't really know how good it is!
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