The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Language as a Window into Human Nature

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ISBN: 9780141015477
Publisher: Penguin Australia
Published: 5 June, 2008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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...

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