tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275483487514758803.post636550726715145256..comments2013-02-05T18:27:13.229-08:00Comments on Through the Drawing Glass: #nerdalertJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05827360539492634173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275483487514758803.post-73663860203982477032011-09-22T17:19:37.542-07:002011-09-22T17:19:37.542-07:00That is really cool! And makes complete sense - th...That is really cool! And makes complete sense - the girl I was talking to definitely wanted to use tonal languages in her research.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827360539492634173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1275483487514758803.post-79405166816801569082011-09-22T10:06:40.214-07:002011-09-22T10:06:40.214-07:00That's a really cool idea! There was an episod...That's a really cool idea! There was an episode of Radiolab where they were looking at the phenomenon of perfect pitch in music and how it relates to language. They compared Chinese and English speakers who both had advanced musical training from a young age (I think they used students at the Eastman School of Music) and found that instances of people with perfect or near perfect pitch were much higher among Chinese speakers, since it's a tonal language.MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341917655879361665noreply@blogger.com