From: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 4:55 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: gesturing im hungry, ? does that need a =anguage first with your broad definition? On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Noam Ch=msky > wrote: Don't see how it would work.=C2 We can't tell stories until language is already available. There are, of course, speculations ab=ut how language might have developed very slowly, first with short sentenc=s, then longer ones, etc. One could interweave speculations about story telling into these. Problem with these tale= is the usual one with speculation — one can imagine 1 million pos=ibilities. Dick Lewontin's important paper on evolution of c=gnition is again relevant. And there is a more formidable problem: the leap to unboundedness is saltational, by definition, so nothi=g is gained by the speculations, a fact that many of those engaged in thes= efforts seem not to have grasped. From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.comj Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 11:25 AM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: how does story telling fit in to the origin of langu=ge. ? internal stories? overlay on mus=c . alarms? how important are stories ? please no=e The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by EFTA_R1_01590861 EFTA02477093 return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved please =ote The information contained in this communication is confiden=ial, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside informati=n, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the propert= of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communica=ion or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If =ou have received this communication in error, please notify us immediat=ly by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail=com> , and destroy this comm=nication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -=11 rights reserved 2 EFTA_R1_01590862 EFTA02477094