Tompkins County Public Library will host, “The Evolution of Language,” a presentation by Cornell University Professor Morten H. Christiansen, Thursday, January 19 at 6 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.
Being
held in conjunction with Ithaca Explores Human Origins, TCPL and
Paleantological Research Institution’s three-month exploration of what it means
to be human, this program will offer a look at the origins of language, how
children acquire language skills and how language has evolved.
Christiansen
is the co-director of Cornell’s Cognitive Science Program, a professor of child
language at Aarhus University and a senior scientist for Haskins Laboratories.
For
more information, contact TCPL Exhibit Coordinator Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org or (607) 272-4557 extension
232.
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