00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611709060 Buklod 20230619154520.0 m o j ta 130408s2013 enka rb |001 0|eng d 9780199328741 (hardcover : alk. paper) (iLib)UPD-00247606980 DLC DML rda eng DMLUC P 118 P53 2013 Pinker, Steven 1954- author. Language, cognition, and human nature selected articles Steven Pinker. Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press [2013] xi, 378 pages illustrations 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Formal models of language learning -- A computational theory of the mental imagery medium -- Rules and connections in human language / with Alan Prince -- When does human object recognition use a viewer-centered reference frame? / with Michael Tarr -- Natural language and natural selection / with Paul Bloom -- The acquisition of argument structure -- The nature of human concepts : evidence from an unusual source / with Alan Prince -- Why nature and nurture won't go away -- The faculty of language : what's special about it? / with Ray Jackendoff -- So how does the mind work? -- Deep commonalities between life and mind -- Rationales for indirect speech : the theory of the strategic speaker / with James Lee -- The cognitive niche : coevolution of intelligence, sociality, and language. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. This eclectic collection spans Pinker's thirty-year career, exploring his favorite themes in greater depth and scientific detail. It includes thirteen of Pinker's classic articles, ranging over topics such as language development in children, mental imagery, the recognition of shapes, the computational architecture of the mind, the meaning and uses of verbs, the evolution of language and cognition, the nature-nurture debate, and the logic of innuendo and euphemism. Each outlines a major theory or takes up an argument with another prominent scholar, such as Stephen Jay Gould, Noam Chomsky, or Richard Dawkins. Language acquisition. Cognition. Psycholinguistics. Book FO UPD DMLS P 118 P53 2013 Book