Neuroscience
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His talk is entitled "Why Are There So Many Languages? Diversification From An Underlying Unity."
Full event information
(thanks again to Ross for the info)
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Neuroscience
Chomsky to speak in support of the Endangered Language Fund
Noam Chomsky is giving a lecture in New Haven on November 15th. This is a benefit lecture for the Endangered Language Fund, to raise money for the documentation and revitalization of nearly extinct languages.
His talk is entitled "Why Are There So Many Languages? Diversification From An Underlying Unity."
Full event information
(thanks again to Ross for the info)
- Bilingualism And The Brain
A new study about the relation between the brain and bilinualism, as presented in a Reuters news report:Learning 2nd Language Changes Brain Anatomy - Study Wed 13 October, 2004 19:18 By Patricia Reaney LONDON (Reuters) - Being bilingual produces...
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Apparently it's still linguistics week here at the CogSciLibrarian corral. In catching up on my New Yorker reading, I came across a recent New Yorker article about the Brazilian hunter-gatherer tribe called the Pirahã (pronounced pee-da-HAN). John...
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