12.509, Disc: Parallelism Between Lang and Genome

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-509. Fri Feb 23 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.509, Disc: Parallelism Between Lang and Genome

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Date:  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:45:05 EST
From:  Zylogy at aol.com
Subject:  Re: 12.493, Disc: Parallelism Between Lang and Genome

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Date:  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:45:05 EST
From:  Zylogy at aol.com
Subject:  Re: 12.493, Disc: Parallelism Between Lang and Genome




Interesting, given that several workers have reported what could be described
as chirosemantic iconicity. One then wonders whether the neurological
representations of the hand/arm vs. oral tract are also somewhat or largely
in parallel.

Jess Tauber
zylogy at aol.com

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