13.1399, Media: Article: Gestural Theory, New York Times

[LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-1399. Sat May 18 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.1399, Media: Article: Gestural Theory, New York Times

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org):
	Simin Karimi, U. of Arizona
	Terence Langendoen, U. of Arizona

Consulting Editor:
        Andrew Carnie, U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Editors (linguist at linguistlist.org):
	Karen Milligan, WSU 		Naomi Ogasawara, EMU
	James Yuells, EMU		Marie Klopfenstein, WSU
	Michael Appleby, EMU		Heather Taylor, EMU
	Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm U.	Richard John Harvey, EMU
	Dina Kapetangianni, EMU		Renee Galvis, WSU
	Karolina Owczarzak, EMU

Software: John Remmers, E. Michigan U. <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
          Gayathri Sriram, E. Michigan U. <gayatri at linguistlist.org>

Home Page:  http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, Wayne
State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.



Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karen at linguistlist.org>

=================================Directory=================================

1)
Date:  Sat, 18 May 2002 10:16:26 -0400
From:  Stirling Newberry <stnewberry at earthlink.net>
Subject:  Media: New York Times article on the origin of language

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

Date:  Sat, 18 May 2002 10:16:26 -0400
From:  Stirling Newberry <stnewberry at earthlink.net>
Subject:  Media: New York Times article on the origin of language

Today's New York Times:


http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/18/arts/18GEST.html


"What a hairy back!" was Lily Tomlin's candidate for the first human
sentence. But whatever the content of that original remark, if Michael
C. Corballis is correct, it was expressed in gestures, not words.


Mr. Corballis, a psychologist at the University of Auckland, in New
Zealand, is the latest proponent of a controversial idea known among
language experts as the "gestural theory." In essence, gestural
theorists contend that long before early humans spoke they jabbered
away with their hands."


The article is available with a free registration, which requires
giving an email address.




stirling s newberry

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-13-1399