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Originally Posted by TimMason
Pinker is, of course, a Chomskyist ( as I'm well aware!). But although there is much to disagree with in his books and in his hairstyle, I think his 'Language Instinct' offers an interesting and highly readable introduction to language in general, and to the relationship between thought and language in particular.
I don't know Barsalou, so I'm grateful for the link. |
Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought" I think is I think more interesting, not least because he seems to be less dogmatically Chomskyist and incorporates some insights from cognitive linguistics, which generally offers a more convincing story about the relationship between language and thought.