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• Author(s): Suzette Haden Elgin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsMany of us view language as a tool, a means by which to communicate our thoughts and emotions. But is there more to ...

• Author(s): Ellen Bialystok | Kenji Hakuta • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Study & TeachingMore than five thousand languages are currently spoken around the globe. Learning to speak one of them is virtually...

• Author(s): Steven Pinker • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & Comparative"If you are not already a Steven Pinker addict, this book will make you one." -- Jared Diamond In Words and R...

• Author(s): Steven Mithen • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralA top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today  The emergen...

• Author(s): Ray S. Jackendoff • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralWhat is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatur...

• Author(s): Mark C. Baker • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralWhether all human languages are fundamentally the same or different has been a subject of debate for ages. This problem has deep ph...