{"product_id":"the-language-game-morten-h-christiansen-9781541674981","title":"The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForget the language instinct--this is the story of how we make up language as we go \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLanguage is perhaps humanity's most astonishing capacity--and one that remains poorly understood. In \u003ci\u003eThe Language Game\u003c\/i\u003e, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn't about hardwired grammars but about near-total freedom, something like a game of charades, with the only requirement being a desire to understand and be understood. From this new vantage point, Christiansen and Chater find compelling solutions to major mysteries like the origins of languages and how language learning is possible, and to long-running debates such as whether having two words for \"blue\" changes what we see. In the end, they show that the only real constraint on communication is our imagination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541674987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541674981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Morten H. Christiansen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055391371519,"sku":"9781541674981","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c45876f-67bc-408c-902c-5c4b110268d7.jpg?v=1685035497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-language-game-morten-h-christiansen-9781541674981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}