From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 2:40 PM To: jeffrey E. Cc: Valeria Chomsky Subject: Re: Well, equivalent is too strong, but similar in fundam=ntal ways: like all biological processes, genetic factors and general phys=cal laws lead to fairly specific outcomes, with experience triggering and =n a limited way guiding the process. So it seems. On Sun, Jul 10, 201= at 10:24 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote:=br> equivalent to walking?<=r> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Noam Chom=ky > wrote: My fault for being too aggressive.=C2* I should have been more sensitive to the situation. Int=resting image, but (as you know), I think the specific character of cognit=ve (like physical) growth requires more specific mechanisms. =here have incidentally be studies of "motherese" (the kinds of t=lk used by mothers to babies) and the impact on development of language.=C2* Turns out to be very slight, if any. Lila Gleitman, co-author =f the work on blind children that I mentioned, is one of the leading resea=chers on the topic. =div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:34 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <[email protected]» wrote: yes- more of the story sitting in the Caribbean I hop=. Its possible that the dna writes a score. 4,=A0 the music is played on both the internal instrument and mod=fiied by external experience . I believe a pleasant har=ony might represent the voice of the mother. to in inhibit excitation 40=A0( basic patterns , like lullabys, use humming =here dissonance might represent an alarm or something t= stimulate to the adrenals. baby crying , dissonance animals =issonance, - family members harmony, . coul= it be that the humming of m ( lullaby ) and the exhalat=on of ah. would combine in an effort to mimic the internal har=ony, producing mah. or mom. ? . how is it=that the melody of"pop goes the weasel." has a=simple grammar but a child can tell immediat