The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language – Steven Pinker

Pinker discusses the idea that language is innate in humans throughout the book, a phenomenon he refers to as "the language instinct". Pinker presents the argument for language as a uniquely human ability: people evolved it to be able to communicate.

The book investigates numerous situations that support the hypothesis that language and grammar are embedded into people's brains (an idea that was first proposed by the linguist Noam Chomsky). This is an excellent introduction to language psychology and linguistics. It's chock-full of intriguing cases and concepts that will offer you a new perspective on how your brain operates.

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