Phonology and the brain: it’s all in the features. | Language …and the vision that was planted in my brain still remains, within the sound of silence. (Simon and Garfunkel, The sound of silence 1964) Sound is made of waves. One fundamental trick of speech is that it surfs those waves by slicing them up into discrete bits. Recently, Mesgarani et al. (2014) (see also ) have shown how our brains respond to speech in this cut up fashion, attending to the very features that linguists uncovered after decades of research, in their efforts to make sense of the sound systems of human languages in a branch of Linguistics known as Phonology. This is a beautiful example of convergence between Linguistics and Neuroscience, reminding us (once again) that Knowledge is one, regardless of disciplinary borders and research styles. Speech is the messenger of language, carrying thoughts in and out our minds. The history of phonemes goes back at least 2.400 years, to the Ashtadhyayi , the rigorous and exhaustive Sanskrit grammar composed by Pāṇini in the Vedic Period.
The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2014 Editor’s note: 2015’s list of the best, most interesting websites has arrived! The video above is a sampling from that list. Welcome to the most awesome blog post you’re going to see all year. Yep, it’s the third installment in the super-popular annual series in which I document the sites I think you’ll want to spend a lot of time on in the coming year (below you’ll find a few highlights from recent years in case you missed out). I have one major rule: a site can only appear on this list once, so there are never any duplicates. There’s more to this article!
The Sacred Geometry Of Music The Sacred Geometry Of Music by Andrew Lorimer Music uses the laws of vibration to manifest aurally what exists at the center of everything. Into our reality springs a non-visual harmonic law that is universal. The notes and intervals of music speak directly to the chakra centers and causes them to vibrate in harmony to the vibration of a string or vocal chords, speakers moving through the air, or the sound of someone’s lips making a farting noise through a metal tube. Music uses the laws of physics and mathematics to bring out an emotional response in the listener. The music of the Western world uses a mathematical system based on Twelve. All the songs you have ever known and sang along to in your life use the same simple laws based on the number twelve. Clock Harmonisphere The mathematics of the harmonisphere are amazing. When we measure the same chords on the harmonisphere, the seven chords have the same mirrored combinations as the piano:
Keyhole Gardens Keyhole Gardens First made popular in Africa, keyhole gardens are catching on in Texas and other hot, dry places. Keyhole gardens hold moisture and nutrients due to an active compost pile placed in the center of a round bed. Although most helpful in hot and dry locations a keyhole garden will improve growing conditions in just about any climate. From a bird's eye view the garden is shaped as a keyhole. A notch is cut into a round garden bed, the notch makes for easy access to the center compost well. Keyhole Garden in Central Texas, Deb Tolman uses keyhole gardens as the main source of her own food supply, and is working on ways to keep them producing throughout multiple seasons and conditions. Keyhole garden in Lesotho by Send a Cow, who first popularized keyhole gardens in Africa. Keyhole garden. Keyhole garden by Send a Cow. A keyhole garden in Ethiopia. Keyhole garden in Uganda by Send a Cow. Keyhole garden scheme. Step by step photos of a keyhole garden build. libertygarden.us
Course Website Locator: 2791 Harvard College/Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The following course websites match your request: Fall 2014-2015 Sounds of Language Patrick J. What are the sounds of the world languages, and how are they organized to make words and sentences? Fall 2013-2014 Kevin M. Fall 2012-2013 Fall 2011-2012 Fall 2010-2011 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology Michael Becker Analysis of phonetic and phonological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Fall 2009-2010 Members of the Department Fall 2008-2009 Andrew Nevins Spring 2007-2008 Fall 2006-2007 Spring 2005-2006 Spring 2004-2005 Spring 2003-2004 Analysis of phonetic and phonological data from a wide variety of languages. Spring 2002-2003 Introduction to Phonology Analyses of the organization of sounds in the world's languages.
GEEKtyper.com A different way to visualize rhythm - John Varney To learn more on circular perceptions of rhythm with specific reference to African music, read this paper and then watch this Five(ish) Minute Drum Lesson on African Drumming. How has drumming played an essential role in African culture? What do specific rhythms represent? Interested in the software applications of a circular rhythmic approach? What exactly is rhythm? How does the beat of a song differ from its rhythm? As seen from this TED Ed lesson, different cultures share similar rhythms. Rhythm and Math are related? Just love music and want to learn more? How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins Why we love repetition in music - Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis Music as a language -Victor Wooten
The Dozenal Society of America Welcome to the Dozenal Society of America’s electronic brochure database. How do we do base twelve (duodecimal) math? Visit The Basics, which offers a few articles which help you get started using base twelve. Over the coming months in 2011, the DSA will be remastering articles from its Duodecimal Bulletin which cover basic operations so that beginners and students studying number bases might have access to our authorities on duodecimal arithmetic. We’ve got plenty of other articles as well, from how to design your own base twelve numerals, who started the DSA, what do DSA Members think about the SI-Metric System, and advanced articles about dozenal number theory. Click here for the most commonly downloaded files or check out a list of link categories. Common Downloads This quick-access section of the Resources page features popular basic and a selection of the most interesting remastered articles in our database! Article Categories and Links The Basics. Numerals. Music and the Dozen.