The final exam for our course will take place on Thursday, December 16th, from 3-5pm, in our usual classroom. I will be holding my regularly-scheduled office hours on Tuesday, December 14th, from 2-3:30pm–please feel free to stop by with any last-minute study questions. I
For Monday 12/6, please read the following two article, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website: Gordon, Peter. 2004. Numerical cognition without words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science 306: 496-499. Frank, Michael C., Daniel L. Everett, Evelina Fedorenko & Edward Gibson. 2008. Number as a cognitive technology: Evidence from Pirahã language and cognition. Cognition 108: …
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For Friday 12/3, please read the following article, which can be downloaded from the Readings section of this website: Colapinto, John. 2007, Aug. 16. The interpreter. The New Yorker. As I mentioned in class, the article describes recent research investigating the language of the Piraha, an indigenous group of the Amazon.  In particular, it has been …