Sunday, November 22, 2009

"Language Instinct"

Steven Pinker’s “The Language Instinct” naturally cites Noam Chomsky in places. Acquiring language for human beings is innate, like growing arms rather than wings. There have been cases of stroke patients who retain their intelligence but whose linguistic capability got impaired. Or cases of retardation that can demonstrate intact fluency in language.

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鈴の夢、見た。両手首内側の真ん中から親指寄りにひとつずつ小さなふくらみがあって、ちりんちりんと音がする。
「そや、小さい頃に手首に切り込みを入れて、鈴を埋め込んだんや」
誰かにこの話を伝えようとしてたけど、誰やったかわからん。

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