The classic book on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language
and the mind. In this classic the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains
everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works how children learn it how
it changes how the brain computes it and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor
and wordplay Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story:
language is a human instinct wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct
received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the
Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update
on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.
