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Mita Williams
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Law Librarian at Windsor Law.
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YANSS 326 – The surprising, boney, bipedal, baby-driven origins of human language

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YANSS 326 – The surprising, boney, bipedal, baby-driven origins of human language
We sit down with Dr. Madeleine Beekman, a professor emerita of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology at the University of Sydney, Australia, whose new book, The Origin of Language, presents a…
youarenotsosmart.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm glad you found it useful! I wish I had included your addition about how libraries shield patrons from incursions into their reading habits! It's such a good point!
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don't do this level of technical work so I ONLY HAVE A HUNCH that what I previously shared above might be useful context to appreciate this project by @thisismattmiller.com called, "LCNAF & Trie" thisismattmiller.com/post/lcnaf-t...

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LCNAF & Trie
Storing +11M unique LCNAF names in 50MB Trie data structure
thisismattmiller.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Also! www.languageisavirus.com/creative-wri...

"As Burroughs experimented with the technique, he began to develop a theory of the cut up, and this theory was incorporated into his pseudoscience of addiction.... Burroughs adds an analysis of control over human beings exercised by language..."
William S Burroughs Cut Up Method
The cut up is a mechanical method of juxtaposition in which Burroughs literally cuts up passages of prose by himself and other writers and then pastes them back together at random.
www.languageisavirus.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM