Re: language origin, language evolution, evolutionary mutation

From: Yair Shimron (ronish20_at_bezeqint.net)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: 16 Sep 2004 02:35:35 -0700

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<41475B55.4AE3@worldnet.att.net>...
> Yair Shimron wrote:
> >
> > (The followings are summaries of the first part of a Hebrew book (in
> > press) by Yair Shimron. It brings a new attitude to the field of the
> > language origin.. Ignore English mistakes, read openly, you will find
> > it interesting.)
> > VOICES FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN
> >
> > The evolution of the Expressive voices into Language
> >
> > English Summaries
> >
> > Chapter 1: Background Conditions
> > 1. Immense efforts are invested in the research of the making of
> > language for the past 20 years, yet real advance has been made only in
> > understanding the background conditions of human and language
> > evolution. Scrutinizing the literature one finds not even one theory
> > that is widely accepted at any area of research. There are no answers
> > to main questions like the origin of speech sounds, their assembling
> > into words, the emergence of syntax, nor is there an explanation of
> > the development of any other prehistoric phenomenon of language.
> > 2. Though most researchers agree that the making of language is a
> > routine scientific area, some important linguists, like Chomsky and
> > Jakkandof
>
> I might have bothered reading it if (1) the author hadn't tried to
> pretend someone else was recommending his work and (2) he'd managed to
> spell the name of a well-known scholar correctly. this has nothing to do
> with being a mistake in translating from Hebrew; it's common courtesy.
> (Have Ray Jackendoff's many books been published in Hebrew?)

Peter T. Daniels, pretending that someone else recommanded my work
does not exsist in my article. Misspeling Jackendoff's name wrongly
was because I spelled it according to vocalisation memory and I didn't
check again and I apologize for that. Still why not reading a
challenging theory and criticizing it scietifically? regards, yair

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