LINGUIST List 13.23

Mon Jan 7 2002

Media: Tolkien's Lang, NYT Disc/The Language Instinct

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

Directory

  • Suzette Haden Elgin, Tolkien's Elvish Languages on National Geographic
  • Karen S. Chung, NYT discussion on _The Language Instinct_

    Message 1: Tolkien's Elvish Languages on National Geographic

     Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 10:42:15 -0600
    From: Suzette Haden Elgin <oclsmadisoncounty.net>
    Subject: Tolkien's Elvish Languages on National Geographic


    December 24, 2001

    Last night's National Geographic television series had a brief segment 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

    Message 2: NYT discussion on _The Language Instinct_

     Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 06:44:49 +0800
    From: Karen S. Chung <karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw>
    Subject: NYT discussion on _The Language Instinct_


    >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

    karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw Phonetics and more at: http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung