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YouTube - Steven Pinker: The stuff of thought

nixande rated 12 months ago
Ted Video. From the site: "In an exclusive preview of his new book, The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language, and the way it expresses the workings of our minds. By analyzing common sentences and words, he shows us how, in what we say and how we say it, we're communicating muc...

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weareinfected rated 14 months ago
Steven Pinker in Ted Talks giving a lecture about language and the stuff of thought. Muy interesante!
dorinp rated 13 months ago
linguistic is not just about learnig many languages, as you can see in this very interesting lecture.
sundog23 rated 12 months ago
Two important concepts: Abstract thoughts are expressed in concrete spatial language. Ambiguity creates plausible deniability while negotiating across social roles.
nixande rated 12 months ago
Ted Video. From the site: "In an exclusive preview of his new book, The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language, and the way it expresses the workings of our minds. By analyzing common sentences and words, he shows us how, in what we say and how we say it, we're communicating much more than we realize."
NiKo2008 rated 4 days ago
From the page: "In an exclusive preview of his new book, The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language, and the way it expresses the workings of our minds."