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A monumental study that sets a new standard for work on learnability. -- Ray Jackendoff, Tufts University The author's arguments are never less than impressive, and sometimes irresistible, such is the force and panache with which they are deployed. -- Paul Fletcher Times Higher Education Supplement Learnability and Cognition is theoretically a big advance, beautifully reasoned, and a goldmine of information. -- Lila Gleitman, University of Pennsylvania

About the Author

Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. His books The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, and The Better Angels of Our Nature have won numerous prizes.

Reviews

""Learnability and Cognition" is theoretically a big advance, beautifully reasoned, and a goldmine of information."--Lila Gleitman

"Pinker's book is a monumental study that sets a new standard for work on learnability."--Ray Jackendoff, Brandeis University

"The author's arguments are never less than impressive, and sometimes irresistible, such is the force and panache with which they are deployed."--Paul Fletcher, Times Higher Education Supplement

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& quot; Pinker's book is a monumental study that sets a new standard for work on learnability.& quot; -- Ray Jackendoff, Brandeis University

& quot; The author's arguments are never less than impressive, and sometimes irresistible, such is the force and panache with which they are deployed.& quot; -- Paul Fletcher, Times Higher Education Supplement

" Pinker's book is a monumental study that sets a new standard for work on learnability." -- Ray Jackendoff, Brandeis University

" The author's arguments are never less than impressive, and sometimes irresistible, such is the force and panache with which they are deployed." -- Paul Fletcher, Times Higher Education Supplement

-- Paul Fletcher, Times Higher Education Supplement