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What our language habits reveal

Steven Pinker · TED

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About

In an exclusive preview of his book <i>The Stuff of Thought</i>, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2005
Speaker
Steven Pinker
Year
2005
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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