The Stuff of Thought：Language as a Window Into Human Nature

TheStuffofThoughtisanexhilaratingworkofnon-fiction.Surprising,thought-provokingandincrediblyenjoyable,thereisnootherbooklikeit-StevenPinkerwillrevolutionisethewayyouthinkaboutlanguage.Heanalyseswhatwordsactuallymeanandhowweusethem,andherevealswhatthiscantellusaboutourselves.Heshowshowweusespaceandmotionasmetaphorsformoreabstractideas,anduncoversthedeeperstructuresofhumanthoughtthathavebeenshapedbyevolutionaryhistory.Healsoexplorestheemotionalimpactoflanguage,fromnamestoswearwords,andshowsusthefullpowerthatitcanhaveoverus.And,withthisbook,healsoshowsjusthowstimulatingandentertaininglanguagecanbe.