In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everyt
hing 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 l
anguage into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our br
ains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize f
rom the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from th
e Linguistics Society of America.
