LINGUIST List 13.275

Fri Feb 1 2002

Media: ASL/Chimp Ad, Review:Lakoff/Nunez, Review:Film

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Toby Ayer, Signing chimp ad
2. Zylogy, A Review of Lakoff and Nunez on ABCNEWS Website
3. Zylogy, Review of 'Atanarjuat' at BBC news website

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

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
zylogyaol.com

A review of the all Inuit language film 'Atanarjuat', which opened
recently in Great Britain, can be found at
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 at
http://atanarjuat.com/media_centre/schedule.html

According to the information there it will open in the US in June.

Jess Tauber
zylogyaol.com