13.275, Media: ASL/Chimp Ad, Review:Lakoff/Nunez, Review:Film

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-275. Fri Feb 1 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.275, Media: ASL/Chimp Ad, Review:Lakoff/Nunez, Review:Film

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1)
Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:51:43 -0800 (PST)
From:  Toby Ayer <tobyayer at yahoo.com>
Subject:  Signing chimp ad

2)
Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:35:18 EST
From:  Zylogy at aol.com
Subject:  A Review of Lakoff and Nunez on ABCNEWS Website

3)
Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:48:11 EST
From:  Zylogy at aol.com
Subject:   Review of 'Atanarjuat' at BBC news website

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:51:43 -0800 (PST)
From:  Toby Ayer <tobyayer at yahoo.com>
Subject:  Signing chimp ad


There's an Earthlink TV ad (I saw it last night during
"ER") with a signing chimp.  A woman sits opposite the
chimp, talking and signing simultaneously:  "Jojo
hungry?  Jojo want banana?"

Jojo then signs, while the woman interprets: "Jojo
want ticket back to Uganda."

Jojo screeches with joy.

I don't know ASL, so I can't verify the signing.

Toby Ayer




-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:35:18 EST
From:  Zylogy at aol.com
Subject:  A Review of Lakoff and Nunez on ABCNEWS Website

A Review of 'Where Mathematics Comes From' by George Lakoff and Rafael
Nunez appeared this week in the SciTech section of the ABCNEWS.com
website at:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech//WhosCounting/whoscounting.html

The review contrasts the the content of the book with folk views of
mathematics as encountered in the recent film 'A Beautiful Mind'.

Jess Tauber
zylogy at aol.com


-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:48:11 EST
From:  Zylogy at aol.com
Subject:   Review of 'Atanarjuat' at BBC news website

A review of the all Inuit language film 'Atanarjuat', which opened
recently in Great Britain, can be found at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/01/22/atanarjuat_review_2002_review.shtml

Briefly mentioned on the live BBC news (Fri. Feb 1), the film has
apparently opened to rave reviews.

The film's own webpage is at
http://atanarjuat.com/media_centre/schedule.html

According to the information there it will open in the US in June.

Jess Tauber
zylogy at aol.com

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