Comments on: Creolization http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/09/17/creolization/ The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Selfish Minds: The Genetic Basis of Cultural Variation » Erasing the Slate http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/09/17/creolization/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Selfish Minds: The Genetic Basis of Cultural Variation » Erasing the Slate Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:26:05 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=1868#comment-621 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] While real-world implementations remain far off, the possibilities of such tabula rasa babies (TRBs) is already beguiling researchers. Yale scientist Stanley Milgram was quoted as saying: Freed of their natural wiring, TRBs would allow us to truly observe the effects of socialization for the first time. Whereas before such effects were filtered through each subject’s biological filter, such baggage would be absent in TRBs. Experimental psychologists are particularly excited about the possibility of observing language acquisition by TRBs. Traditionally, children have imposed phonological and grammatical structure on linguistic input, even when it is not already there. Without such constraints, TRBs exposed to a full range of linguistic stimuli might be able to produce a universal language, unconstrained by the limits of any single syntactic structure. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] While real-world implementations remain far off, the possibilities of such tabula rasa babies (TRBs) is already beguiling researchers. Yale scientist Stanley Milgram was quoted as saying: Freed of their natural wiring, TRBs would allow us to truly observe the effects of socialization for the first time. Whereas before such effects were filtered through each subject’s biological filter, such baggage would be absent in TRBs. Experimental psychologists are particularly excited about the possibility of observing language acquisition by TRBs. Traditionally, children have imposed phonological and grammatical structure on linguistic input, even when it is not already there. Without such constraints, TRBs exposed to a full range of linguistic stimuli might be able to produce a universal language, unconstrained by the limits of any single syntactic structure. [...]

]]> By: Blinger http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/09/17/creolization/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Blinger Mon, 20 Sep 2004 03:11:02 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=1868#comment-619 Thanks for the link. I found the article on Science just now and will be reading it shortly. Very fascinating indeed. Thanks for the link. I found the article on Science just now and will be reading it shortly. Very fascinating indeed.

]]> By: T. Carter http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/09/17/creolization/comment-page-1/#comment-618 T. Carter Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:56:19 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=1868#comment-618 If you can find a copy of "<a href="http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/bookpage/MW2BDbookpage.html">Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities</a>", it includes an interesting paper on Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua and its development. [Modified to include live URL. -kerim] If you can find a copy of “Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities“, it includes an interesting paper on Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua and its development.

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