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              the cognitive science club presents
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            LANGUAGE CREATION, LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE
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                     PROFESSOR IAN HANCOCK 
              Departments of Linguistics & English

    The will to communicate linguistically is a fundamental and 
apparently uniquely human trait.  Typically, we learn the single 
language of the community into which we are born.  However, in 
exceptional cases, children are born into situations where *no* 
such stable speech community already exists.  Nevertheless, even 
in such cases, the children create a structured language.  
Importantly, the language children create under these circumstances
shows remarkable similarity to other such emergent language elsewhere 
in the world.  
    At this meeting, we will discuss different theories for why 
there is such similarity in the features of these language systems 
(called "pidgins").  We will also examine how these language systems 
become "ethnolects" or "creoles."  Finally, we will discuss language 
creation and maintenance as a factor of cultural and personal 
identity, using examples from Romani (the language of the people 
known as Gypsies).

       DATE: Wednesday, April 26, 1995.
       TIME: 6:00 PM
       PLACE: Room 220, Burdine Hall 
              (On University Avenue, just south of 26th Street) 

  >>>>> RECEPTION WITH REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING THE TALK <<<<<

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All undergrads, grads, faculty, staff, and off-campus folk with an 
interest in cognitive science are invited to join.  

The Cognitive Science Club is an official Associated Students 
organization and a member of the Natural Sciences Council.

For information about the Club, email me, call 471-3358, or see our 
World Wide Web homepage: http://www.outer.net/think/
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