The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Autor Steven Pinkeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 iun 2008
Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe and seduce in such elaborate, often comical ways? How can a choice of metaphor damn a politician or start a war? And why do we rarely say what we actually mean?
Language, as Steven Pinker shows, is at the heart of our lives, and through the way we use it - whether to inform, persuade, entertain or manipulate - we can glimpse the very essence of what makes us human.
'Awesome'
Daily Mail
'Highly entertaining ... funny and thought-provoking'
The Times
'Anyone interested in language should readThe Stuff of Thought... moments of genuine revelation and some very good jokes'
Mark Haddon,Sunday TelegraphBooks of the Year
'No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet'
David Crystal,Financial Times
Steven Pinkeris the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Until 2003, he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He conducts research on language and cognition, writes for publications such asThe New York Times,TimeandSlate, and is the author of six books, includingThe Language Instinct,How the Mind WorksandThe Blank Slate.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141015477
ISBN-10: 0141015470
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141015470
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Steven
Pinkeris
one
of
the
world's
most
influential
thinkers
and
writers
on
the
human
condition.
His
popular
and
highly
praised
books
includeThe
Better
Angels
of
Our
Nature,The
Sense
of
Style,The
Stuff
of
Thought,The
Blank
Slate,How
the
Mind
Works,
andThe
Language
Instinct.
The
recipient
of
several
major
awards
for
his
teaching,
books,
and
scientific
research,
Pinker
is
Harvard
College
Professor
and
Johnstone
Family
Professor
of
Psychology
at
Harvard
University.
He
also
writes
frequently
for
TheNew
York
Times,
theGuardianand
other
publications.
He
has
been
named
Humanist
of
the
Year,
Prospect
magazine's
"The
World's
Top
100
Public
Intellectuals,"
Foreign
Policy's
"100
Global
Thinkers,"
andTimemagazine's
"The
100
Most
Influential
People
in
the
World
Today."
Recenzii
Astonishingly
readable
Perceptive, amusing and intelligent
No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet
Immensely readable and stimulating. Pinker is a master at making complex ideas palatable
Awesome ... Pinker writes lucidly and elegantly, and leavens the text with scores of perfectly judged anecdotes, jokes, cartoons and illustrations
Perceptive, amusing and intelligent
No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet
Immensely readable and stimulating. Pinker is a master at making complex ideas palatable
Awesome ... Pinker writes lucidly and elegantly, and leavens the text with scores of perfectly judged anecdotes, jokes, cartoons and illustrations
Descriere
He shows how we use space and motion as metaphors for more abstract ideas, and uncovers the deeper structures of human thought that have been shaped by evolutionary history. He also explores the emotional impact of language, from names to swear words, and shows us the full power that it can have over us. And, with this book, he also shows just how stimulating and entertaining language can be.