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The language instinct: How the mind creates language. By Steven Pinker. New York: William Morrow, 1994. Pp. 494.

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The language instinct: How the mind creates language. By Steven Pinker. New York: William Morrow, 1994. Pp. 494.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2026

Richard P. Meier
Richard P. Meier*
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University of Texas at Austin, Austin
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Department of Linguistics, Calhoun Hall 501, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 meier@uts.cc.utexas.edu
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Language , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , September 1995, pp. 610 - 614
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Copyright © 1995 by the Linguistic Society of America

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