Wk+7+reading+and+discussions

Hey guys I put some other stuff on the other week 7 wiki page but I also found and abandoned stub about a book called "A man without words" I heard about the book on the podcast Radiolab [|podcast] here's the [|wiki]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Roper
 * Possible article idea:**

I found this one so far: noted zoologist, especially in giant squid research, I've seen him appear in various giant squid documentaries and such. There seems to be plenty of information about him which has not been added in this particular article yet. I'll try to find more possible articles we could do for this project in the meantime. **-Morgan (wiki username: Douninowt)**

I thought Evelyn had a good idea keeping the article discussion and wiki stuff seperate for clarity. Hope you don't mind I went ahead and started it. :) while i am still thinking about the class today and all. (Thank you so much, I accidentally made a page before I found all these article suggestions, I'm going to go ahead and consolidate, hope nobody minds!)

Sami, per your request. you did not miss much discussion, since most of the interaction was used to discuss the wiki project. Once we switched up the groups we heard more about the articles. The raven article did not shed much light on recruitment, we mentioned how distinct foraging behaviors supported development of the bee language, and unique territorial needs shaped a scent communication of the weaver ant.

our group was not prepared with suggestions for wikipages and the decision on a communal wiki will be made next week. The group will each scout out one page, each post on the talk page of the page the intend of the project to discern any complications coming from others, and offer their findings to group. For this discussion there will be a seperate page. Lastly I disconnected from the wiki group project. I am still part of the reading group. I will be doing my own page and I am noting my selection on the common page. I was getting tired of the discussion in group about dispatching personal accountablity despite the instructions given last week (which was consequently reinterated by rick.) I see a big difference between collaborating as individuals versus combining as a group entity without true partnership. I do know that most members of group 4 are not "free riders" :) so please only take this personal if you know you have not done what you could**, whatever that is for you :)**

Seeing as there isn't a reading specifically for our group, I assume we read the article for group 1 again. __Summary:__ In order to understand the faculty of language there has to be a co-active effort among various branches of science, in which particularly befits evolutionary biology, anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience. //* I suppose this implies a disconnected relationship between these sciences in regards to their stance on language.//
 * //Without having read the methods yet...//

FLB - Faculty of Language BROAD These grant us an "infinite range of expressions from a finite set of elements."
 * sensory-motor system
 * conceptual-intentional system
 * computational mechanisms for recursion

FLN - Faculty of Language NARROW (hypothesized) The only uniquely human component of the faculty of language.
 * recursion

Recursion in linguistics enables 'discrete infinity' by embedding phrases within phrases of the same type in a hierarchical structure. Without recursion, language does not have 'discrete infinity' and cannot embed sentences into infinity (with a 'Russian nesting doll' effect).
 * What I found about 'recursion' (wikipedia):

ex. "Dorothy, who met the wicked Witch of the West in Munchkin Land where her wicked Witch sister was killed, liquidated her with a pail of water."

FLN may have evolved for reasons other than language...
 * //Could this be a form of or related to exaptation?//