# What our language habits reveal

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_what_our_language_habits_reveal)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [What our language habits reveal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/steven_pinker_what_our_language_habits_reveal/8966036c2a8f), 18 min (TED's player)