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Steven Pinker puts forward some intriguing ideas and arguments in this book on psycholinguistics, and expresses them in such a way that any interested person could understand almost all of it. I know relatively little about either psychology or linguistics and yet I found the book fascinating and enjoyable. Apparently, some of the arguments put forward here are controversial but, in my state of near-ignorance, I found very little to disagree with. In fact, I laughed and applauded his views on the silliness of the English grammar rule concerning split infinitives. His explanation of its origin and redundancy in the English language should warm the hearts of any Star Trek fans who would prefer their heroes to boldly go, rather than to go boldly.
If you're at all interested in language, this book is well worth a read.
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