Media: ASL/Chimp Ad, Review:Lakoff/Nunez, Review:Film
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Toby Ayer
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| Submitter Email: | tobyayer@yahoo.com |
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There's an Earthlink TV ad (I saw it last night during "ER") with a signing chimp. A woman sits opposite the chimp, talking and signing simultaneously: "Jojo hungry? Jojo want banana?" Jojo then signs, while the woman interprets: "Jojo want ticket back to Uganda." Jojo screeches with joy. I don't know ASL, so I can't verify the signing. Toby Ayer </body> A Review of 'Where Mathematics Comes From' by George Lakoff and Rafael Nunez appeared this week in the SciTech section of the ABCNEWS.com website at: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech//WhosCounting/whoscounting.html The review contrasts the the content of the book with folk views of mathematics as encountered in the recent film 'A Beautiful Mind'. Jess Tauber zylogy@aol.com </body> A review of the all Inuit language film 'Atanarjuat', which opened recently in Great Britain, can be found a http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/01/22/atanarjuat_review_2002_review.shtml Briefly mentioned on the live BBC news (Fri. Feb 1), the film has apparently opened to rave reviews. The film's own webpage is a http://atanarjuat.com/media_centre/schedule.html According to the information there it will open in the US in June. Jess Tauber zylogy@aol.com </body> |
| Issue Number: | 13.275 |
| Date Posted: | February 01, 2002 |
