An easy introduction to some of the key ideas of Chomsky - a hugely important figure in the history of language, psychology and culture.
Available as an ebook through Athens
Stephen Pinker is one of the most powerful voices in support of Chomsky’s ideas about language as a natural human instinct. Chomsky himself has never explained his own ideas in quite the accessible and persuasive way that Pinker (Chomsky’s colleague at MIT) does here.
There are 2 copies in the Flex, and 14 copies of The Stuff of Thought, which covers similar material
Word of Mouth is rather like reading about linguistics through a series of short stories. Each chapter is replete with anecdotes and examples – which I found fun to read.
There are 2 copies in the Flex