From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Fri Apr 7 10:44:39 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 11:44:39 +0100 Subject: [language] Campfire Casts Doubt on First Americans Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> DISCOVERY.COM April 7, 2000 Clovis Tools Campfire Casts Doubt on First Americans By Discovery.com News April 5, 2000 -- Campfire remains found under a southern Virginia sand dune could be the proof that humans inhabited the Americas as early as 17,000 years ago, fueling the friction over where the first Americans came from and when, reports today’s Washington Post. New lab tests confirm human occupancy at the Cactus Hill site, some 45 miles south of Richmond, during two different periods, team leader Joseph M. McAvoy said yesterday. One level dates to 10, 920 years old; the other dates to 15,000 years old, but could be as old 17,000 years. For decades, the prevalent theory points to Asian immigrants populating the Americas after they crossed a land bridge to Alaska some 11,200 years ago. The immigrants are believed to have quickly spread out, populating the entire land mass from the Arctic to the tip of South America over the next 500 years. The culture, named after a key site found in the 1930s near Clovis, N.M.. is party identified by its blade-making techniques. Full text: http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000405/history_clovis.html ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Fri Apr 21 08:21:51 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:21:51 +0100 Subject: [language] From the Mouths of Babes Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Science marches on. This should stir the linguistics community. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [evol-psych] From the Mouths of Babes Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:19:14 +0100 From: "Ian Pitchford" ABC NEWS >From the Mouths of Babes First Babblings May Give Clue to the Origins of Language The pattern of sounds in baby talk is similar to consonant-vowel structures in 10 different languages and in what early humans might have spoken, a new study says. (FPG International) By Robin Eisner N E W Y O R K, April 20 — “Mama.” “Dada.” “Go go.” The next time you hear a baby babble, listen carefully. What we call “baby talk” may actually have been some of the earliest forms of human language. In research published in the current issue of Science, Dr. Peter MacNeilage, professor of psychology of the University of Texas, in Austin, says that language evolved from such simple sounds and easy mouth movements. His findings contradict the current prevailing theory on language, put forth by linguist and author Noam Chomsky in the 1950s, which says the speech is a uniquely human trait, a genetic gift. Full text: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/babbling000420.html ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Fri Apr 21 08:24:26 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:24:26 +0100 Subject: [language] On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [evol-psych] On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:39:00 +0100 From: "Ian Pitchford" Reply-To: "Ian Pitchford" Organization: http://www.human-nature.com/ To: >From today's Science (items can be purchased separately if you do not have a subscription) Volume 288, Number 5465 Issue of 21 Apr 2000, pp. 449 - 451 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/288/5465/449 LANGUAGE: Movement Patterns in Spoken Language John L. Locke When babies start to babble, they babble some sounds more often than others. In his Perspective, Locke discusses the findings of a new analysis of babbling babies in environments where English or other languages such as French, Swedish, or Japanese are spoken (MacNeilage and Davis). It turns out that babies preferentially babble four sequences of consonant and vowel sounds, a tendency that is reflected in the structure of protowords found in many of the world's languages. The author is in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RQ, UK, and also holds an appointment in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield. E-mail: jl271 at cam.ac.uk ______ Volume 288, Number 5465 Issue of 21 Apr 2000, pp. 527 - 531 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/288/5465/527 On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms Peter F. MacNeilage, 1* Barbara L. Davis 2 This study shows that a corpus of proto-word forms shares four sequential sound patterns with words of modern languages and the first words of infants. Three of the patterns involve intrasyllabic consonant-vowel (CV) co-occurrence: labial (lip) consonants with central vowels, coronal (tongue front) consonants with front vowels, and dorsal (tongue back) consonants with back vowels. The fourth pattern is an intersyllabic preference for initiating words with a labial consonant-vowel-coronal consonant sequence (LC). The CV effects may be primarily biomechanically motivated. The LC effect may be self-organizational, with multivariate causality. The findings support the hypothesis that these four patterns were basic to the origin of words. 1 Department of Psychology, 2 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: macneilage at psy.utexas.edu Full text: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5465/527 ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Wed Apr 26 05:35:29 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:35:29 -0400 Subject: [language] Woven clothing may date back at least 27,000 years Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> BBC NEWS Tuesday, 25 April, 2000, 15:15 GMT 16:15 UK World's oldest hat revealed Woven clothing may date back at least 27,000 years, according to archaeological evidence left by stone age hunter-gatherers. Previously it had been thought that weaving had been invented by settled farmers just 5,000 to 10,000 years ago. The new information means features on figurines thought to be prehistoric hairstyles are actually the first known hats. The clues came from 90 fragments of clay found in the Czech Republic, at well-known sites including Dolni Vestonice and Tavlov. They reveal the impressions of interlaced fibres. Full text: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_725000/725803.stm ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Fri Apr 7 10:44:39 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 11:44:39 +0100 Subject: [language] Campfire Casts Doubt on First Americans Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> DISCOVERY.COM April 7, 2000 Clovis Tools Campfire Casts Doubt on First Americans By Discovery.com News April 5, 2000 -- Campfire remains found under a southern Virginia sand dune could be the proof that humans inhabited the Americas as early as 17,000 years ago, fueling the friction over where the first Americans came from and when, reports today?s Washington Post. New lab tests confirm human occupancy at the Cactus Hill site, some 45 miles south of Richmond, during two different periods, team leader Joseph M. McAvoy said yesterday. One level dates to 10, 920 years old; the other dates to 15,000 years old, but could be as old 17,000 years. For decades, the prevalent theory points to Asian immigrants populating the Americas after they crossed a land bridge to Alaska some 11,200 years ago. The immigrants are believed to have quickly spread out, populating the entire land mass from the Arctic to the tip of South America over the next 500 years. The culture, named after a key site found in the 1930s near Clovis, N.M.. is party identified by its blade-making techniques. Full text: http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000405/history_clovis.html ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Fri Apr 21 08:21:51 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:21:51 +0100 Subject: [language] From the Mouths of Babes Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Science marches on. This should stir the linguistics community. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [evol-psych] From the Mouths of Babes Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:19:14 +0100 From: "Ian Pitchford" ABC NEWS >From the Mouths of Babes First Babblings May Give Clue to the Origins of Language The pattern of sounds in baby talk is similar to consonant-vowel structures in 10 different languages and in what early humans might have spoken, a new study says. (FPG International) By Robin Eisner N E W Y O R K, April 20 ? ?Mama.? ?Dada.? ?Go go.? The next time you hear a baby babble, listen carefully. What we call ?baby talk? may actually have been some of the earliest forms of human language. In research published in the current issue of Science, Dr. Peter MacNeilage, professor of psychology of the University of Texas, in Austin, says that language evolved from such simple sounds and easy mouth movements. His findings contradict the current prevailing theory on language, put forth by linguist and author Noam Chomsky in the 1950s, which says the speech is a uniquely human trait, a genetic gift. Full text: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/babbling000420.html ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Fri Apr 21 08:24:26 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:24:26 +0100 Subject: [language] On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [evol-psych] On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:39:00 +0100 From: "Ian Pitchford" Reply-To: "Ian Pitchford" Organization: http://www.human-nature.com/ To: >From today's Science (items can be purchased separately if you do not have a subscription) Volume 288, Number 5465 Issue of 21 Apr 2000, pp. 449 - 451 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/288/5465/449 LANGUAGE: Movement Patterns in Spoken Language John L. Locke When babies start to babble, they babble some sounds more often than others. In his Perspective, Locke discusses the findings of a new analysis of babbling babies in environments where English or other languages such as French, Swedish, or Japanese are spoken (MacNeilage and Davis). It turns out that babies preferentially babble four sequences of consonant and vowel sounds, a tendency that is reflected in the structure of protowords found in many of the world's languages. The author is in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RQ, UK, and also holds an appointment in the Department of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield. E-mail: jl271 at cam.ac.uk ______ Volume 288, Number 5465 Issue of 21 Apr 2000, pp. 527 - 531 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/288/5465/527 On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms Peter F. MacNeilage, 1* Barbara L. Davis 2 This study shows that a corpus of proto-word forms shares four sequential sound patterns with words of modern languages and the first words of infants. Three of the patterns involve intrasyllabic consonant-vowel (CV) co-occurrence: labial (lip) consonants with central vowels, coronal (tongue front) consonants with front vowels, and dorsal (tongue back) consonants with back vowels. The fourth pattern is an intersyllabic preference for initiating words with a labial consonant-vowel-coronal consonant sequence (LC). The CV effects may be primarily biomechanically motivated. The LC effect may be self-organizational, with multivariate causality. The findings support the hypothesis that these four patterns were basic to the origin of words. 1 Department of Psychology, 2 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: macneilage at psy.utexas.edu Full text: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5465/527 ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Wed Apr 26 05:35:29 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:35:29 -0400 Subject: [language] Woven clothing may date back at least 27,000 years Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> BBC NEWS Tuesday, 25 April, 2000, 15:15 GMT 16:15 UK World's oldest hat revealed Woven clothing may date back at least 27,000 years, according to archaeological evidence left by stone age hunter-gatherers. Previously it had been thought that weaving had been invented by settled farmers just 5,000 to 10,000 years ago. The new information means features on figurines thought to be prehistoric hairstyles are actually the first known hats. The clues came from 90 fragments of clay found in the Czech Republic, at well-known sites including Dolni Vestonice and Tavlov. They reveal the impressions of interlaced fibres. Full text: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_725000/725803.stm ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu