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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker

The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
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Author: Steven Pinker
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-26
ISBN: 0143114247
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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I can hardly believe that the same person who wrote "The Language Instinct" and "The Blank Slate" wrote this. At least half of the book is dedicated to a detailed division of words into minute catagories, in excruciating detail. This would be acceptable if there were a point, but no, its all academic deadwood, designed to put off as many would be semantic students as possible. I finished this book no wiser than before, with only a few anecdotes to the better.

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