From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Sun Jan 14 21:57:45 2001 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:57:45 -0500 Subject: [language] Sound change laws book Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> It seems to me that there is a need for a book, a whole book on sound changes that have taken place in languages. IT should be broken down into (1) i.e. definite, (2) likely happened, (3) reconstructed and possible, etc. It seems that there already should have been such a book or at least a set of tutorial articles in journals which would have catalogued all this. perhaps there is already such an article. It's kind of wasteful to putter around reading hundreds of articles and dozens of books and not find something like this, and sometimes even get into arguments with others over whether it really happened, because X thinks that Y's ideas are not too reliable, etc. Can anyone point to anything along these lines? -- ....Mark hubeyh at mail.montclair.edu ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----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 Tue Jan 16 19:05:53 2001 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:05:53 -0500 Subject: [language] [Fwd: [evol-psych] How abstract is language in the head?] Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> How abstract is language in the head? 16 January 2001 by Laura Wagner wagner at psych.nyu.edu Prunet J. F, Beland R and Idrissi A (2000). The mental representation of semitic words. Linguistic Enquiry, 31:609-648. Linguists typically argue in favor of abstract representations for language, but many recent approaches to language within the Cognitive Science framework have stressed the importance of surface forms. In these approaches, abstract representations emerge as secondary properties at best, and at worst, are absent entirely. Full text: http://news.bmn.com/commentary ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----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 Jan 19 15:55:52 2001 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:55:52 -0500 Subject: [language] Neanderthal man challenges African Eve Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> THE GUARDIAN Neanderthal man challenges African Eve Tim Radford, science editor Guardian Friday January 12, 2001 Four US anthropologists today throw the story of human origins into confusion. They claim that new evidence shows that modern humans could have partly descended from the neanderthals, the hulking creatures who held Europe during the ice ages. The research, published in the US journal Science, is likely to cause a storm. It challenges the reigning "African Eve" hypothesis: that after a series of false starts, a group descended from just one woman emerged in Africa 250,000 years ago. Some of their descendants left Africa 100,000 years ago, shouldered aside all other species of human and took over the planet. Instead, the US researchers argue, modern Homo sapiens is made up of more than one group of ancestors. Instead of competing for resources, different human groups shared food, shelter - and partners. Full text: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4116006,00.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. 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