tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post6853073347961854181..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-56004262886264912972010-01-26T04:25:58.457+00:002010-01-26T04:25:58.457+00:00All very interesting, particularly to me and my DI...All very interesting, particularly to me and my DIL Susan here in Seattle. 9 month old baby Ethan is making all sorts of lovely chatty noises and we are sure he is trying to articulate a very definite sequence of thought.Janethttp://www.willisweaver1.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49933482591339086382010-01-25T20:33:08.969+00:002010-01-25T20:33:08.969+00:00And then take a look at the variations within lang...And then take a look at the variations within languages - English within England is just a beginning. <br />My job involves working with different languages and language variations all the time. Language is what makes us human and it is totally and utterly fascinating.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-52868498860281932022010-01-25T14:07:14.127+00:002010-01-25T14:07:14.127+00:00Human language has always fascinated me. One inter...Human language has always fascinated me. One interesting thing is that words for "mother" and "father" maintain similar forms throughout both Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and at least some African languages (possibly other groups, too?). Not surprising, I suppose, considering that recognition of one's parents is very primal.<br /><br />As for the multicentric development of advanced societies, I expect that had as much to do with populations reaching a critical mass to sustain them as anything else. Since successful human migrations would have also required a critical mass of individuals to make them successful and divergent migrations likely happened within a relatively short timespan, it makes sense that you'd see several populations reaching that point at around the same time.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-14078125992181689572010-01-25T13:25:28.703+00:002010-01-25T13:25:28.703+00:00I was listening yesterday to an interview with aco...I was listening yesterday to an interview with acoustic biologist Katy Payne who discovered how whale songs change and how elephants communicate over long distances and began wondering about human speech as well. Thanks for the link to the BBC, I couldn't find it either, and ran out of patience.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.com