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From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 4:33 AM To: jeffrey E. Cc: Subject: RE: language of the blind Quite a few. Will have to give it some thought, to winnow it down. From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 10:48 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: language of the blind who else do you respect. ( not limited to field ). . that we might find each other amusing On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Noam Chomsky wrote: Very good to have a chance to talk today, as always. And enjoyed the follow-up conversation too. Interesting people. Especially Martin. The study on acquisition of language by the blind that I mentioned is: Barbara Landau and Lila Gleitman, Language and Experience: Evidence from the Blind Child. From about 25 years ago. A real breakthrough at the time. There's been work since, much of it by Lila Gleitman and her students. Lila, incidentally, is someone you might want to get to know. An old friend, and a really outstanding psycholinguist-cognitive scientist, one of the best. Noam please note EFTA_R1_01441823 EFTA02403241 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 return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved 2 EFTA_R1_01441824 EFTA02403242