The Stuff of Thought - Steven Pinker
Language as a Window Into Human Nature
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KORTE INHOUD
Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe and seduce in such elaborate, often comical ways? How can a choice of metaphor damn a politician or start a war? And why do we rarely say what we actually mean? Language, as Steven Pinker shows, is at the heart of our lives, and through the way we use it - whether to inform, persuade, entertain or manipulate - we can glimpse the...
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2008 Uitgever: Random House 512 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte: 201x128x30 ISBN-10: 0141015470 ISBN-13: 9780141015477Koop dit boek tweedehands
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