"Deliciously erudite." --William Safire, New York Times Magazine
"A riveting detective story." --Chicago Tribune
Steven Pinker, author of the landmark bestsellers The Language
Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate--and one of the
world's leading cognitive scientists--offers an eye-opening explanation
of how human beings learn and use language in Words and Rules. First
published in 2000, Words and Rules remains one of Pinker's most
provocative and accessible books, illuminating the fascinating
relationship between the brain, the mind, and the how language makes us
human.