File 46 - "Pribham, Karl H."

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JCPP/Bronowski/Bronowski/3/1/46

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"Pribham, Karl H."

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  • 24 May 1968-19 February 1974 (Creation)

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Bronowski, Jacob (1908-1974), scientist
(1908 - 1974)

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Comprises correspondence relating to Professor Karl Pribham's (Department of Psychiatry, Neuro-psychology, Stanford University School of Medicine) involvement with work on "the biological basis for language" at the Salk Institute [including a series of seminars on 'Language in a Biological Frame', 1968-69].

Subjects include: Pribham giving a seminar at the Salk Institute on 'The Neurobehavioural Analysis of Prelinguistic Functions'; attending meetings about language at the Salk Institute and La Jolla; an article by Pribham entitled 'Brain and Language' which was to be included in planned a volume of essays entitled 'Language in a Biological Frame', advice on where Professor Robert Tapp might find employment in San Diego.

Correspondents include: Bronowski, Pribham, [Sylvia] Fitzgerald (editorial associate to Bronowski), Phyllis Ellis (secretary to Pribham) and Roman Jacobson.

Also includes a copy of a letter from Bronowski to Eric Lenneberg (Department of Psychology, University of Michigan) about his paper on 'Biological Foundations of Language', and a draft and later typescript of 'Brain and Language' by Pribham.

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      Box 43:1

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