Words and Rules
by Steven Pinker takes an exhaustive look at verbs and verb formation in an
attempt to tease out some of the processes people are using when they use
language. Do we generate verb tenses by
applying universal rules? Do we simply
memorize a list of all words & their related forms? Are we doing some sort of mixture of the
two? Is the answer something else
entirely? How can we find out? These are the questions Pinker is trying to
address in this book.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Words and Rules
Words and Rules
by Steven Pinker takes an exhaustive look at verbs and verb formation in an
attempt to tease out some of the processes people are using when they use
language. Do we generate verb tenses by
applying universal rules? Do we simply
memorize a list of all words & their related forms? Are we doing some sort of mixture of the
two? Is the answer something else
entirely? How can we find out? These are the questions Pinker is trying to
address in this book.