How long does it take to read Words and Rules?
the ingredients of language
Words and Rules by Steven Pinker takes about 6 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 368 pages, about 101,200 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this book, the profound mysteries of language are explored.
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar, Verb, Verbe (Linguistique), Arbitrarität, Langage et langues, Kognitive Linguistik
