Lexical & conceptual semantics
Lexical & conceptual semantics by Beth Levin is a 1991 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Steven Pinker, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers" (2018), 4.8M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 27 years before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 3rd of 14 books by Steven Pinker on Books Worth Reading (1986–2025), by publication year.
- Edition: Blackwell, 1991 · 244 pages
The paired TED talk
Is the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers (2018), the TED talk by Steven Pinker.
From the publisher
Includes bibliographical references and index. Articles reprinted from Cognition, v. 41, no. 1-3, 1991.