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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Mike Morgan</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Memorization" 2011.02.20 (03)
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Paul wrote </p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;">author Julian
Jaynes, early man "heard voices", and often the voices<br>
were rhythmic, intonational and very music like, with lots of<br>
repetition. Early language output was highly melodic. There is<br>
something deeply primitive about poetry, and especially the stuff that<br>
undergoes alliteration and assonance, especially within the rhyme of<br>
the syllable. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">While SOME of the stuff
written on early (so-call "primitive") language and speech is highly
interesting, in a speculative sort of way, there is actually VERY LITTLE we
KNOW about it.<br>
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AND, i see NO REASON to even speculate that early language was any more
rhythmic, intonational or musical than modern languages (on average) are.<br clear="all">
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That said, I agree that the rhythm and melody ARE (at least part of) what makes
poetry easier to memorize than prose... and structured lists of new vocabulary
easier to memorize than random lists. If *I* may speculate (though I don't
think it IS speculation), man is "programmed" by the structured
network nature of his neural system to see/hear structure (and this is also the
reason why conspiracy theories "work"; they provide a structured
explanation for what MAY be unstructured events)... <br>
<br>
Therefore, the more structured a text is, the easier it is to find the
structure... and there for easier it is to learn/memorize. This is ALSO the
trick behind mnemonics: they provide a structure for otherwise seemingly random
things (like which months have 30 days and which don't, or whether
"i" comes before "e" in spelling English words).<br style="">
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">mwm || U C > || mike ||
мика || माईक || マイク || மாஇக (aka Dr Michael W
Morgan)<br>
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Senior Consultant<br>
BA Programme in Applied Sign Linguistics<br>
IGNOU-UCLan New Delhi, India<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">"I have
become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one<br>
door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific
will <br>
come no matter how dark the present." (R. Tagore)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
Hannelore Hinz <a href="mailto:hannehinze@t-online.de" target="_blank"><hannehinze@t-online.de></a><br>
Subject: LL-L "Memorization" 2011.02.20 (03) [DE-EN-NDS]<br>
<br>
Ick kam mi binah as Käpten Klumbumbus vör,<br>
<br>
also hier:<br>
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<a href="http://learning.jgutzeit.de/mnemoics/basis.html" target="_blank">http://learning.jgutzeit.de/mnemoics/basis.html</a><br>
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un dit ok noch:<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorization" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorization</a><br>
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Un noch väl Freud.<br>
<br>
Hanne</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
Hannelore Hinz <a href="mailto:hannehinze@t-online.de" target="_blank"><hannehinze@t-online.de></a><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">Mnemotechnik - Grundlagen I</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Eigentlich
müßte ich diese http auf meine Antwort zu LL-L "Memorization"
2011.02.20 (03) [DE-EN-NDS]<br>
rocjtog eomgegenem haben. Gruß. Hanne<br>
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<a href="http://learning.jgutzeit.de/mnemonics/basics.html" target="_blank">http://learning.jgutzeit.de/mnemonics/basics.html</a><br style="">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
Hannelore Hinz <a href="mailto:hannehinze@t-online.de" target="_blank"><hannehinze@t-online.de></a><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">Mnemotechnik - Grundlagen I/Fehler unterlaufen</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Es
war mein Fehler, Danke im voraus. Hanne (ich hatte einen Buchstaben
n übersehen)<br>
Dor heff ick as Klumbumbus-Ollsch wat oewerseihn. Hartlich. Hanne</p>
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