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It's almost impossible to imagine a world without words. What would life be like without language? Radiolab asks a neurologist what happened when a stroke wiped out her words, and talks to a woman who taught a 27-year-old man sign language...and the first words of his life.
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It's almost impossible to imagine a world without words. What would life be like without language? Radiolab asks a neurologist what happened when a stroke wiped out her words, and talks to a woman who taught a 27-year-old man sign language...and the first words of his life.
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Radiolab Show 802 - Words
TRT 59:00
* Breaks: Two 1:00 minute Station ID Breaks. There is music under the break. *
Seg A: 00:00 - 28:46
Incue: Wait wait, you're listening (laughs). Ok. All right.
Outcue: Radiolab is produced by WNYC and distributed by NPR (click).
Break One: 28:46 - 29:46
Seg B: 29:46 - 40:55
Incue: Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. I'm Robert Krulwich.
Outcue: This is NPR (click).
Break Two: 40:55 - 41:55
Seg C: 41:55 - 59:00
Incue: I'm Jad Abumrad. Robert Krulwich. This is Radiolab, our topic today...
Outcue: End of message.
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Denis Du Bois
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 08:20 PM | Permalink
Metaphorically speaking
Fascinating integration of concepts! Expanding vocabulary and deepening thought are indeed interdependent. None of us remember being languageless. (Except perhaps Jill Bolte Taylor.)
Like a lot of us, I work with words. I wish all adolescents -- young people just forming their ability to write about ideas -- would hear this program. Some of the themes might be a little mature for them, but the pace and entertaining delivery are perfect.
Hearing Jill's story again reminded me of enjoying another TED Talk, by author James Geary. He says, "Metaphor is a way of thought before it is a way with words."