Hej Per Jeg fik slet ikke hørt hvordan Japan rejsen gik? Jeg håber at være rask nok til at komme tirsdag. Tillykke med at så mange har meldt sig til.
Er det her rigtig, som jeg samlede op på Peirce-listen? It's apparently true that "A child absolutely left on its own will never have language beyond Umberto Eco's "Latratus canis". But it's not necessarily true that "It is someone already knowledgeable in communicative human language that must teach them." Children who interact mainly with other children their own age have been known to develop their own languages 'from scratch' with no instruction from adults -- languages sufficient to enable them to communicate (with each other) and reason at a high level. This sometimes happens with twins in spite of their parents' efforts to teach them the language of the home. The origin of language is a very deep and still controversial question, but I think recent research has emphasized the evolutionary continuity between human mentality (including communication and reasoning) and the mentality of other animals. One book I'd recommend on this is The Origins of Meaning (Language in the Light of Evolution) by James R. Hurford (2007) KENDER DU DEN?. It's one of Stjernfelt's sources in his new book, and it brings together logic, linguistics, psychology and evolutionary biology in a remarkable way that strikes me as quite Peircean although he doesn't mention Peirce. (Sorry, folks, there's that word again ... ) Venlig hilsen Søren Brier Professor mso, IBC. CBS http://cybersemiotics.dk/
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