Neuroscience
The New York Times reports on a new language developing in Israel.
February 1, 2005
Science: A New Language Arises, and Scientists Watch It Evolve
By NICHOLAS WADE
By studying a signing system that spontaneously developed in an isolated Bedouin village, linguists have captured a new language being generated from scratch. Full Story here
- Felis Silvestris Lybica: 10,000 Million Years Old
Just as language has been tied to the growth of agriculture (see British & Irish genes: not that far apart, in which I discuss how the Celts may have brought agricultural tools and language to Ireland), so the origin of house cats may be tied to the...
- British & Irish Genes: Not That Far Apart
Last Tuesday's Science Times describes a new view of inhabitants of the United Kingdom as defined by geneticists at Oxford. "Historians teach that [the Brits & Irish] are mostly descended from different peoples: the Irish from the Celts and the English...
- Talks With Whales
Research News from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Warbling Whales Speak a Language All Their Own “Researchers have now mathematically confirmed that whales have their own syntax that uses sound units to build phrases that can be combined to form...
- Recreating A Lost Language
Today's Times has a story about linguists and anthropologists who try to recreate "dead" languages. Linguists Find the Words, and Pocahontas Speaks Again By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: March 7, 2006 See especially the chart, "Giving Voice to Lost...
- Hot Topic: Origin Of Language
The CSA database provides summary info. about the origin of language, entitled Language Origins: Did Language Evolve Like the Vertebrate Eye, or Was It More Like Bird Feathers?. Includes a several page summary, citations, web sites, and a glossary. In...
Neuroscience
A new language develops
The New York Times reports on a new language developing in Israel.
February 1, 2005
Science: A New Language Arises, and Scientists Watch It Evolve
By NICHOLAS WADE
By studying a signing system that spontaneously developed in an isolated Bedouin village, linguists have captured a new language being generated from scratch. Full Story here
- Felis Silvestris Lybica: 10,000 Million Years Old
Just as language has been tied to the growth of agriculture (see British & Irish genes: not that far apart, in which I discuss how the Celts may have brought agricultural tools and language to Ireland), so the origin of house cats may be tied to the...
- British & Irish Genes: Not That Far Apart
Last Tuesday's Science Times describes a new view of inhabitants of the United Kingdom as defined by geneticists at Oxford. "Historians teach that [the Brits & Irish] are mostly descended from different peoples: the Irish from the Celts and the English...
- Talks With Whales
Research News from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Warbling Whales Speak a Language All Their Own “Researchers have now mathematically confirmed that whales have their own syntax that uses sound units to build phrases that can be combined to form...
- Recreating A Lost Language
Today's Times has a story about linguists and anthropologists who try to recreate "dead" languages. Linguists Find the Words, and Pocahontas Speaks Again By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: March 7, 2006 See especially the chart, "Giving Voice to Lost...
- Hot Topic: Origin Of Language
The CSA database provides summary info. about the origin of language, entitled Language Origins: Did Language Evolve Like the Vertebrate Eye, or Was It More Like Bird Feathers?. Includes a several page summary, citations, web sites, and a glossary. In...