tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post5230806363108723516..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Dream Job ... or ... WTF!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-6989988144509183412007-11-08T12:28:00.000-05:002007-11-08T12:28:00.000-05:00I didn't mean to disparage the artistic intent or ...I didn't mean to disparage the artistic intent or value of the project. Sorry if I came across that way. My "WTF" reaction was a first impression of the rather tall order the project had set for itself. These are big questions with no easy answers. Any one of the four things I listed would make for a challenging graduate seminar in linguistics and cognitive science. All four together in 4 weeks is quite a mountain to climb.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I wasn't joking about the "Dream Job" part either. I have a soft spot for the arts and artists who struggle with big ideas and part of me would love to be the linguist who got to spend time with dancers who want to understand the language of space. I was a student of Talmy and Van Valin and these are the big issues they deal with. (I suspect Len Talmy is the perfect linguist for this too).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-72412028789728497322007-11-08T12:08:00.000-05:002007-11-08T12:08:00.000-05:00If the outcome is going to be an arts project and ...If the outcome is going to be an arts project and not a scholarly paper, I think a month is a pretty decent prep time. They want ideas and inspiration, not necessarily answers. <BR/><BR/>I'm going back to Vassar next weekend for a cog sci reunion (25th anniversary of the major), and one thing I look forward to asking my old profs is how well they've managed to integrate the art, music and dance departments into the program.Mike B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12038475331310080470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-49515571760644211222007-11-08T11:43:00.000-05:002007-11-08T11:43:00.000-05:00Its a project with a pretty renowned Spanish chore...Its a project with a pretty renowned Spanish choreographer / programmer - which has already been duplicated in Montevideo, Beijing, Vienna and he is currently in San Paulo working on the Portuguese section. It will become a film next year, and the performance the year after...Not seeking definitive answers, but more an investigative process into the relationship of physical movement and language in several cultural contexts / languages - German, Spanish, Chinese, Portugese and English. So the WTF aspect is exactly the point, really. V<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting though.hyperjetlaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11014097540567256649noreply@blogger.com