The Language Instinct

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First published 1994

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Why language is a biological adaptation.

The author

Steven Pinker

born 1954 · Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

Professor at Harvard
Professor at MIT
Professor at Stanford

Profession: Psychologist, Linguist, Professor
Worked at: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, University of California, Santa Barbara
Studied at: Harvard, McGill, Dawson College
Studied under: Stephen Kosslyn
Prizes: APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology (1984), Boyd McCandless Award (1986), Troland Research Awards (1993), Emperor Has No Clothes Award (2004), Walter P. Kistler Book Award (2005), Humanist of the Year (2006), Richard Dawkins Award (2013), William James Fellow Award (2016), Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (2018), Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Kistler Prize

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Editions

35 editions · 1 hardcover, 9 paperback · 6 languages

First published 1994

Earliest edition listed: 1994 · The Folio Society

1994 · The Folio Society
1994 · Allen Lane · ISBN 9780713990997
1994 · W. Morrow and Co. · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780688121419
1995 · Penguin Books Ltd · ISBN 9780140175295
1995 · Penguin Books Ltd · Paperback · New Ed edition · ISBN 9780140175295
1995 · HarperPerennial · 1st HarperPerennial ed. · ISBN 9780060976514
1997 · Alianza · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788420677170
1999 · Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf. GmbH & · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783426773635

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1999 · Odile Jacob · Paperback · French · ISBN 9782738106667
2000 · Alianza · Paperback · Spanish · ISBN 9788420667324
2000 · ΚΑΤΟΠΤΡΟ · ISBN 9789607778307
2000 · Κάτοπτρο · Paperback · ISBN 9607778308
2000 · Penguin · ISBN 9780140291230
2000 · Harper Perennial Modern Classics · Paperback · 1 edition · ISBN 9780060958336
2000 · Harper Perennial Modern Classics · ISBN 9780060958336
2000 · Perennial Classics · 1st Perennial Classics ed. · ISBN 9780060958336
2000 · Perennial Classics · 1st Perennial Classics ed · ISBN 9780060958336
2001 · Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · Audio Cassette · ISBN 9780752841441
2003 · Penguin Books, Limited · ISBN 9780141929682
2004
2007 · Harper Perennial Modern Classics · ISBN 9780061336461
2007 · Harper Perennial Modern Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780061336461
2008 · Penguin Books, Limited · ISBN 9780141037653
2009 · Dybbuk · Croatian · ISBN 9788074380068
2010 · Universidad del País Vasco · Hardcover · ISBN 9788498604238
2010 · HarperCollins Publishers · ISBN 9780062032522
2011 · שלם · Hebrew · ISBN 9789657052693
2011 · Brilliance Audio · Preloaded Digital Audio Player · ISBN 9781455845286
2012 · Brilliance Audio · Mp3 Cd · ISBN 9781469228440
2012 · Brilliance Audio · Audio Cd · ISBN 9781469228433
2014 · Brilliance Audio · Mp3 Cd · ISBN 9781491514986
2015 · Penguin Books, Limited · ISBN 9780141980775
2018 · Bilge Kültür Sanat · Paperback · ISBN 9786059521949
Undated edition · ISBN 9780688121419
1st HarperPerennial ed. · ISBN 9780060976514

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Subjects

Linguistics Psychology