From: Noam Chomsky To: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation®gmail.com> CC: ' Subject: RE: Re: Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 00:00:56 +0000 Suppose musicality appears before language. Could be. But that doesn't help understand how language evolved, or how the structural properties of music appeared. Probably will do me good. Noam From: Jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 7:54 PM To: Noam Chomsky <M=EM> Subject: Re: Re: it will do you good. my guess is that musciality comes first thunder, nature sounds. listening to birds. etc. imitating animals. . etc. . but anyones guess. dissonance represents the not that had me stumped. On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Noam Chomsky I> wrote: Don't really understand, but let's go through it when we have a chance to pick up where we left off — which was quite challenging and stimulating. It seems, though, that this is independent of his effort to link musical structure with language in some fashion, possibly shedding light on its origins and apparent universality. Many thanks again for the offer of the car in Paris. Haven't decided yet whether we'll make it there. Will be in touch as things develop. As you heard, Valeria is trying to shift me from my rigid planning everything well in advance to making decisions on the fly. From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 5:06 PM To: Noam Chomsky < M> Subject: Re: he breaks it down into , motifs , themes ,phrases, tunes taste. repitition. discusses the shape of melodies as self referential. . hope your trip is easy, let me know if you want my car in paris. On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Noam Chomsky wrote: Didn't know about those. Hope that someone picks up the ideas. Noam EFTA00683321