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Language learnability and language development. By Steven Pinker. (Cognitive science series, 7.) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. Pp. xi, 435. $29.50.

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Language learnability and language development. By Steven Pinker. (Cognitive science series, 7.) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. Pp. xi, 435. $29.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Clifton Pye
Clifton Pye*
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University of British Columbia*
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Language , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , December 1985, pp. 903 - 907
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Copyright © 1985 by Linguistic Society of America

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I wish to thank Henry Davis, David Ingram, and Helen List for their comments on an earlier draft of this review.

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