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My name is Frederick Johnson. I'm associate professorof cognitive science here at UCLA. I'm here to welcome our speakerwho just flew in from New York. Now, in my dissertation,I spent about a chapter and a half... vituperatively citing today's guestand saying why she was wrong. For the record, every time that Aliceand I have argued, she was right. Alice Howland is the Lillian YoungProfessor of Linguistics... at Columbia University. She famouslywrote her seminal textbook... From Neurons to Nouns,while raising three children. I'm sure getting more thana few "A-ha" moments from them. And it is now consideredone of the cornerstones... of linguistics educationall over the world. Please welcome Dr. Alice Howland
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My name is Frederick Johnson
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I'm associate professor of cognitive science here at UCLA
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I'm here to welcome our speaker who just flew in from New York
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Now in my dissertation I spent about a chapter and a half
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vituperatively citing today's guest and saying why she was wrong
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For the record every time that Alice and I have argued she was right
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Alice Howland is the Lillian Young Professor of Linguistics
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at Columbia University She famously wrote her seminal textbook
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From Neurons to Nouns while raising three children
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I'm sure getting more than a few A ha moments from them
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And it is now considered one of the cornerstones
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of linguistics education all over the world
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Please welcome Dr Alice Howland
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A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.