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- Scholars
- Nationality
- Canada
- Born
- 1954-09-18
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- Q212730
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Steven Pinker is a Canadian-born psychologist and science writer.
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Research areas include language acquisition, visual cognition and psycholinguistics.
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His books include The Language Instinct (1994) and How the Mind Works (1997).
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Biographies and related books
When Everyone Know that Everyone Knows.
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Steven Pinker · 2004
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The Language Instinct
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Steven Pinker
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Learnability and Cognition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure
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Steven Pinker · 1989
English
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How the mind works
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Pinker, Steven, 1954- · 2001
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The language instinct
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Pinker, Steven, 1954- author · 1994
English
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The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature
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Pinker, Steven, 1954- · 2002
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The language instinct : how the mind creates language
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Pinker, Steven, 1954- author · 2015
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Words and rules : the ingredients of language
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Pinker, Steven, 1954- · 1999
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The language instinct
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Pinker, Steven, 1954- · 1995
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