LINGUIST List 18.3219: Steven Pinker: Lecture to benefit ELF, 11/15

LINGUIST List 18.3219
Fri Nov 02 2007 FYI: Steven Pinker: Lecture to benefit ELF, 11/15 Editor for this issue: F. Okki Kurniawan <okkilinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Nick Emlen, Steven Pinker: Lecture to benefit ELF, 11/15 Message 1: Steven Pinker: Lecture to benefit ELF, 11/15
Date: 02-Nov-2007 From: Nick Emlen <nqemlenhotmail.com> Subject: Steven Pinker: Lecture to benefit ELF, 11/15 E-mail this message to a friend Come hear Steven Pinker discuss the Stuff of Thought, his latest book, on November 15, 2007. What is the stuff of thought? Ideas? Electrons? Or, as Woody Allen opined, a substance resembling guacamole? Pinker says it's words, and he give use great evidence that this is right. Language helps us think, and it limits us, sometimes all in one sentence. Ultimately, though, ''language offers the clearest window on how we can transcend our cognitive and emotional limitations'' (p. 435). Come find out how. This lecture will benefit the Endangered Language Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to the description and maintenance of the world's smallest--and most different--languages. November 15, 2007, 8:00 William James Hall 1, Harvard University 33 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Admission $20 Students $10 Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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