Media: Tolkien's Lang, NYT Disc/The Language Instinct
| Submitter: |
Suzette Haden Elgin
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| Submitter Email: | ocls@madisoncounty.net |
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December 24, 2001 Last night's National Geographic television series had a brief segmen about Tolkien's Elvish languages and the claim that they were based primarily on a Finnish language, as part of a show on the making of _The Lord of the Rings_. Suzette Haden Elgin http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin </body> >From the "Books" section of the _New York Times_ online: "For the month of January, readers will discuss "The Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker. The author will respond to readers' questions at the end of the month." Link to the discussion at: http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?50@@.f271858 You will need to register for the NYT if you haven't already, but it's free. Karen Chung karchung@ccms.ntu.edu.tw Phonetics and more at: http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung </body> |
| Issue Number: | 13.23 |
| Date Posted: | January 07, 2002 |
