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

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

Steven Pinker · 1998 · 524 pages

The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.

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