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Interesting
Language-related Stuff
I'll post here additional materials relating to things we've talked
about in class. This information will not be tested and is
intended to give those of you with an interest in these topics a
chance to learn more.
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Dying languages.
As noted in class, many languages are on the verge of
extenction; many more have already been lost. The below links,
from a recent report in the New York Times, nicely illustrates the
cost of a lost language. Click on the below article and video
to learn more.
Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/17arapaho.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin
Video:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/15/us/20081015-arapaho/index.html
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Foreign Accent Syndrome. These
are the videos of this syndrome that I played in class.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008315220_foreign27.html
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=foreign+accent+syndrome&search_type=
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Music Therapy for Aphasic Patients
This topic came up in class; here's a link to a recent NY
Times article that discusses this issue. There used to be a
video interview with him, which was fascinating, but that is no
longer available. There are, however, excellent commentaries with
other aphasic patients. Highly recommended!
For the article and related material, click
here.
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Animal Language. Here are
links to the audiovisual stuff presented in class.
1. Honeybee waggle dance: (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ijI-g4jHg
2. Gary Rose, White-crowned sparrow
compositionality study
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4209322
3. Savage-Rumbaugh talk
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write.html
4. Kanzi understands novels sentences (video)
http://www.greatapetrust.org/player/video.php?vid=1
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