Media: Article/Sign Lang, Linguists on Public Radio
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Rachel Lagunoff
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| Submitter Email: | rlaguno@WestEd.org |
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Linguist Listers, A recent article appearing in the News Focus: Linguistics section of the magazine Science: >From the Mouths (and Hands) of Babes: Nicaraguan deaf students have created a new sign language, and it has fueled the debate among linguists over how languages are formed by Laura Helmuth Science, 7 September 2001, Vol. 293, pp. 1758-1759 Rachel Lagunoff WestEd </body> Hello, On National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" program today, Thursday, October 4th, 2001, the following story was broadcast (featuring coverage of linguists involved in the project, and an interview with one): Folklore Project Debra Schifrin reports on the effort by American folklorists to document the country's reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The project, spearheaded by the Library of Congress, is recording the spontaneous responses of citizens across the country. (6:06) http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20011004.me.17.ram http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ Best wishes from Dave Robertson Spokane, WA </body> |
| Issue Number: | 12.2477 |
| Date Posted: | October 05, 2001 |
