On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:51:13 -0700 (PDT) SteveC <[email protected]> writes: > > I mentioned this book yesterday and several people seemed > interested > so I thought I should do a post on it, especially I blanked on the > author's name. > > Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans, > by > Derek Bickerton > http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Tongue-Humans-Made-Language/dp/0809022818/ref =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240674354&sr=8-1 > > I'm not recommending it because I'm sure he's right on how language > was acquired. He may be, he may not be. More importantly, the book > changed the way I'll look at the argument from now on. It will be > impossible to read any other accounts of language acquisition > without > putting it through Bickerton's filter, asking his questions, and > demanding his level of evidence instead of hand-waving. > > A book that changes the way you think is a rare treasure. One > that's > also an enjoyable read is even rarer. I like this book. > > Steve
When I followed the Amazon link and saw his name, It rang a bell for me and after a Google search... http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22Derek+Bickerton%22%2B%22dolphins%22&fp= _rpp-4zAm3I ...I now know where I've seen it before: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Fiction-literature/General-fiction/Author- AC/auction-206746701.htm It was I who gave it a 'thumbs up' (purely on a literary/dramatic basis), in spite of what I readily admit was a depressing ending (I could say the same of Clarke's 'Childhood's End,' BTW) in the alt.animals.dolphins newsgroup many years ago. See below: http://www.helsinki.fi/~lauhakan/whale/literature/fiction.html And now I find that Derek and I both happened to make a comment in the same blog (although on different aspects of the same article) ths past Feburary: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/12/1792488.aspx Frank Check out my web page at: http://www.geocities.com/stardolphin2/link3.htm "To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing." - Raymond Williams ____________________________________________________________ Let the sun shine in! Click now for a beautiful new sunroom! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTGQlokWGAYgVSUTCVNlHtwMr8s7MvPxDI9p9kkJfIme3IAgD6Nu3e/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
