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The way infants and adults see color

The way infants and adults see color is processed in the brain differently. The infant brain sees color in a pre-linguistic part of the brain. Adults, in a part of the brain that deals with language. It's not known when or how that transition is accomplished, but:

"As an adult, color categorization is influenced by linguistic categories. It differs as the language differs," said Kay, who is renowned for his studies on the ways that different cultures classify colors. He cited recent research on the ability of Russian speakers to detect shades of blue that English speakers classify as a single color.

Is this the contemporary equivalent of Eskimo words for snow?

By Deron Bauman  •  Mar 5, 2008  •  colors   linguistics   science

Short profile of sociolinguist William Labov. "Brooklynese

Short profile of sociolinguist William Labov. "Brooklynese is exactly the same whether it's spoken in the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island or in Brooklyn. Or the Lower East Side."

By Jason Kottke  •  Nov 7, 2005  •  language   linguistics   NYC   williamlabov

Dutch linguists are analyzing the origin of

Dutch linguists are analyzing the origin of languages using the structure of the languages "such as where verbs appear in clauses".

By Jason Kottke  •  Sep 30, 2005  •  language   linguistics

"There's a game I like where you

"There's a game I like where you have to think of people whose name makes a complete sentence". "Tom Waits. Jeremy Irons. Jeff Bridges. Wesley Snipes."

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 25, 2005  •  games   linguistics

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