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Aya Katz

Joined 4 years ago from The Ozarks. Last activity 5 days ago.

Linguist, Writer, and Primatologist.

When I was a child, I had a list of goals:

(1) I wanted to write a novel.

(2) I wanted to have a child.

(3) I wanted to bring up a chimpanzee and teach it language.

Getting there took a long time, and there were many obstacles on the way. But now that I have achieved my goals, I am dealing with the challenges that come after.

In my hubs, I hope to share the knowledge that I acquired along the way, and the new struggles that I face now that my original goals have been realized.

The latest hub on my ape language research is here:

http://aya-katz.hubpages.com/hub/What-Constitutes-Proof-in-Ape-Language-Studies

My biographical hub is to be found here:

http://aya-katz.hubpages.com/hub/The-Buzzard-and-the-Kite-All-about-Me

My old website, which has recently undergone a major overhaul is here:

http://www.well.com/user/amnfn/

Check out  my blog, Notes from the Pens:

http://notesfromthepens.blogspot.com/

I write lyrics to songs, too. Listen to Leslie Fish singing my lyrics here:

http://specgram.com/podcasts/CXLVII.1-10-The-Tribesman.mp3

My three books for children and my three books for adults  can be purchased here:

http://astore.amazon.com/invertedapressbookstore-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=3

Hubpages have disabled my profile links, but you're smart and probably already know how to copy and paste a URL into your browser. .->

 

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  • 8

    How to Make an Effective Book Trailer

    2 months ago

    The first truly effective book trailer that I ever saw was one for a book by K.M. Weiland, Behold the Dawn. It was just like a trailer for a movie, and it made you feel that you knew what kind of book it was, that you could almost taste it, without...

  • 8

    Photoworks is Closing

    2 years ago

    Photoworks is closing its doors on April 4, 2011. I have been sending them my photos since I was in grad school, which I started in the fall of 1991. But back then, they weren't called Photoworks. They were called Seattle Filmworks. I loved...

  • 39

    National Anthems

    23 months ago

    Do you know your country's national anthem? Really? Can you sing it? Can you hum it? Do you know all the words? Even the ones that don't appear in the first verse?  Do you know who composed the music and who wrote the lyrics? Most people don't....

  • 22

    How to Learn a Foreign Language: Issues in Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy

    23 months ago

    What is the best way to become perfectly fluent in a foreign language? Many recommend complete and total immersion, but others are concerned about reducing anxiety in students and providing only a positive experience. However, in order to become a fluent speaker, one has to internalize the language and change one's thinking, something that very few people want to do.

  • 4

    How to Apply for a U.S. Passport

    2 years ago

    Are you an American citizen? Good for you! United States citizenship is one of the most coveted in the world. People from all corners of the globe are trying to get that. But how do you prove you are a U.S. citizen? You have to have been born in...

  • 6

    How to Make Inexpensive Personalized Christmas Ornaments

    2 years ago

    Some people decorate their Christmas trees with expensive and fragile ornaments. In our house, ornaments for the Christmas tree are much more casual and personalized. They include discarded costume jewelry, small toys that no longer see any use, and...

  • 8

    How to Make a CreateSpace Book Cover Using Word or Open Office

    2 years ago

    Yes, you can use Photoshop or Gimp to create a nice looking cover for your CreateSpace book. But did you know that you can also do this using whatever word processing program you happen to be most familiar with? I tried to make my first CreateSpace...

  • 28

    Curious Facts About Foxes

    9 months ago

    "Have you ever seen a fox?" someone asked me this week. "In real life, I mean." "Yes." "In the zoo?" "No. Out in the yard, outside Sword's school." Sword was in kindergarten at the time. It was about six years ago. I was visiting the classroom,...

  • 10

    Popular Songs For and About People Who are Unpopular

    2 years ago

    What makes a song popular? Does it appeal to the masses? Does it embody the values that are already accepted by the culture? Is it the same thing that makes a person popular?Does the popularity of the song and the popularity of the singer go hand in...

  • 25

    A Christmas Carol Revisited: Analyzing George C. Scott's Scrooge

    2 years ago

    I've never really liked A Christmas Carol. Every time I've tried to read it, or have seen it performed, I kind of felt as if it was intended to be a direct slap in the face to me and my parents, and the values they taught me. "Don't leave the light...

  • 22

    What is Dominance

    23 months ago

    There's been a lot of talk about dominance on Hubpages lately. Some people say that it behooves a married woman to allow her husband to be dominant. This strikes me as odd, because if he is dominant, why does he need anyone to allow him  to do...

  • 4

    The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: A Review

    2 years ago

    I love reading children's books. I loved reading them as a child, and when I became an adult, I still liked to read them, even before I had children of my own. I read them to my little brother. I read them to other people's children, and I read them...

  • 19

    What the Tooth Fairy Will Pay: A Leading Economic Indicator

    4 months ago

    Are we in the United States suffering the effects of a deflationary economy? Are we in the throes of rampant deflation, just like Japan? For that matter, is Japan really suffering from deflation? How do we define deflation? Is the absence of...

  • 30

    How to Brew Coffee Using a Broken Coffee Maker

    2 years ago

    I don't mind spending money on appliances. I understand that if I want a coffee maker, I have to pay for one. If I want two coffee makers, I have to pay for two coffee makers. If I want three coffee makers, then I have to pay for three coffee...

  • 12

    How to make a CreateSpace Cover Using Gimp

    2 years ago

    If you don't want to spend extra money on typesetting your CreateSpace cover, then you probably will download Gimp. Gimp is free. It does basically the same things as Photoshop will do. Why shell out good money? If you are avaricious (rather than...

  • 12

    How to Make a CreateSpace Book Cover Using Photoshop or Gimp

    2 years ago

    So you've written a book. Who hasn't? We've all been there, right? You bought a brand new copy of Writer's Market circa 1980. You sent your cleverly worded query letter and/or manuscript to all the major publishers. They all turned you down without...

  • 30

    The Difference Between Studying and Learning: Study Habits versus the Habit of Thinking

    2 years ago

    Are study skills important for success in school? Is success in school essential for success in life? And where does thinking come into all of this? If you spend too much time thinking about the material but not enough time studying for the test,...

  • 4

    Buy a Mul-T-Lock online -- the Israeli lock called רב בריח

    2 years ago

    Is your front door break-proof? How about the lock? Could you keep intruders out if you needed to? One of the best locks available today is Mul-T-lock from רב-בריח, an Israeli company. Here at Project Bow we are considering purchasing a high...

  • 15

    The Blue Willow China Pattern

    2 years ago

    When I was a little girl, my Great Aunt Eva, who lived in London, gave me a little china tea set with a blue willow pattern. It was not a full sized set, but the kind of thing one could use to throw a tea party for one's dolls. It was a nice gift,...

  • 26

    My Grandfather's Voice: Recordings of Benzion Katz

    2 years ago

    Many people have old faded photographs of their grandparents, and old faded memories to go with them. For me, the legacy of my paternal grandfather is better defined, clearer and crisper. I remember my grandfather Benzion Katz for his gait, his...

  • 22

    Health Benefits of Taking a Nap

    2 years ago

    Too tired to do anything? Then maybe it's time for a nap. Napping is a socially accepted part of the day in many countries. Whether it's called a siesta or schlafstunde, the effect is the same. People close down their shops, all business ceases and...

  • 23

    We All Share the Same World

    2 years ago

    "We all share the same world, and we breathe the same air, and the water we drink must be cycled with care. We are closer together than ever suspected, for all things on earth are interconnected." I wrote those words well over twenty years ago. They...

  • 4

    Dassault Falcon 7X

    23 months ago

    If you are looking for a top of the line business jet, the Dassault Falcon 7X is a pretty good choice. Presented to the public at the Paris Airshow in 2005, the first of these sleek, ultra modern aircraft went into service June 15, 2007. As of June...

  • 27

    Buy A Vocaloid Online

    2 years ago

    Have you ever had trouble getting a really good singer to sing your songs? Maybe she's a diva, and your personalities clash. Maybe he's just impossible to work with. Maybe your song is great, but your social skills aren't up to speed. Or maybe you...

  • 54

    How much does it cost to live?

    2 years ago

    The first year after I got my Ph.D. in linguistics, I taught as a lecturer at Rice University. I was paid four thousand dollars a semester. It barely covered my living expenses. Houston is a big city. I had to rent an apartment there, because it was...

  • 53

    What Kind of Income is Adsense Income from Hubpages for Tax Purposes?

    3 years ago

    Up until recently, I hadn't received anything for my writing on Hubpages, and the whole idea of generating income from writing hubs seemed like more of a joke than a plan for the future. However, this year I received my first Google payout, and the...

  • 70

    The Difference between a Blog and a Hub

    2 years ago

    People new to the internet tend to call everything a "blog". People new to Hubpages often refer to hubs they comment upon as "blogs". Slowly, they learn to switch from saying "blog" to saying "hub", but even as they change the lingo, you can...

  • 15

    Do we need a license not to drive?

    3 years ago

    In Missouri, if you drive you need to get a driver's license. If you don't drive, then you need a non-driver's license. Why does a person need a license not to drive?

  • 22

    Flash of Genius: A Review

    2 years ago

    Flash of Genius is a movie about patent infringement. It is the story of one man with a big idea whose life's work was stolen by a big, bad auto company. It is the tale of an obsessive dedication to the pursuit of  justice, and how it can destroy a...

  • 10

    Grammaticalization in Chinese: Gradual or Sudden?

    2 years ago

    In his article, "Grammaticalization in Chinese", Walter Bisang considers whether the change in usage of certain constructions from Late Archaic Chinese to Modern Mandarin could have taken place gradually or were these developments discrete and sudden.

  • 14

    Project Bow's FAQ: Why is it called a lexigram when it looks like a word?

    2 years ago

    At this point in his development, Bow no longer needs lexigrams. He is literate and he spells out his own words. Bow developed literacy at the age of five and half years. But before that, we used lexigrams. And our lexigrams looked kind of like this:

  • 16

    How to Achieve Balance

    15 months ago

    We hear a lot about the need for balance in our lives, but often the things people say about balance indicate that they have no idea what balance is. Sometimes the need for balance is expressed in terms of not having "too much" of something. Balance...

  • 10

    San Antonio Shoes

    3 years ago

    I don't like having anything on my feet. Not socks and not shoes. However, there are times when we are definitely expected to be shod. That's when I turn to San Antonio Shoes. They're not pretty, and they do not make me look pretty, but they are...

  • 6

    Variations on "The Ash Grove"

    3 years ago

    Folk tunes have a long shelf life. They get re-used often with different lyrics, and we can learn a lot about the values and preferences of different periods by the contrasting lyrics that are set to the same tune. Take "The Ash Grove". The...

  • 38

    Not Fit for a Dog to Eat: The Dog Food Dilemma

    2 years ago

    The first dogs were wolves. Maybe they weren't the strongest wolves in their pack. Maybe they were the runts of the litter, the misfits unable to make it among their peers. Too dependent to become lone wolves, but too weak to hold their own among...

  • 24

    Cod-liver Oil: What's it Good For?

    2 years ago

    Somebody in the forums recently mentioned that cod-liver oil really sells itself. People write articles about things entirely unrelated to cod-liver oil, or even to cods or to livers, and then they end up being credited on their Amazon sales for...

  • 13

    Fantasy Filk Songs

    3 years ago

    I am not a big believer in genre divisions. To me there are two kinds of songs: good ones and those that are not so good. But most people swear by genre. They won't listen to it, unless it fits neatly within a certain category. It's a way to...

  • 20

    Akeelah and the Bee: A Review

    2 years ago

    My favorite movie about spelling is Akeelah and the Bee. This may not sound like much of a recommendation, as one can easily go through life and not see a single movie whose topic is spelling. However, over the years there have been several movies...

  • 11

    My Favorite Anime Movie: Whisper of the Heart

    3 years ago

    My favorite anime movie -- and quite possibly my favorite movie period -- is Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart. It's about the most important issues in life: how to find our life's work, what love is and how we should handle the fact that...

  • 66

    If I were a Rich Man

    24 months ago

    Have you ever dreamed of being rich? What were those dreams like? What does being rich mean to you? What would you do if you were rich? Would it surprise you to know that there is no universally agreed upon definition of wealth, and that what it...

  • 60

    Why Prejudice is Bad

    3 years ago

    Everybody agrees that prejudice is bad. I have never in my life met anyone who was in favor of prejudice. There is such universal agreement on this topic that it makes us feel united. Except when it comes to actual instances of prejudice. Then...

  • 36

    How to Convert a Cassette Recording to a Digital Audio File

    3 years ago

    I have a house full of dusty old books that nobody reads and cassette tapes that nobody listens to. The tapes are everywhere, and the last time I even noticed them was when my nephews came over and the little one began to play with some of the tapes...

  • 18

    How to Change Language Settings in YouTube

    2 years ago

    Suppose you go into your YouTube account and start browsing and suddenly all the labels are in a different language -- a language you can't read. How do you change it back? Easy. You find the label that says "current language", press "show...

  • 20

    Secular Christmas Carols

    23 months ago

    The truth is that I prefer the traditional Christmas carols, the ones with an explicit religious theme. I like them because they are romantic. At our house, around Christmas time we play the classical Christmas medleys. Silent Night, Away in a...

  • 48

    The Value of Words: Google Adsense Keyword Tool

    3 years ago

    After I wrote "The Secret to Making Money on Hubpages", I got a lot of helpful hints from fellow hubbers. One of them was: "Use the Google Adsense Keyword Tool". It was good advice. But I was reluctant to follow it. Why? Because I was afraid it...

  • 47

    Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Family Values

    13 months ago

    I am neither liberal nor a conservative. There are things about the liberal platform that I find abhorrent. There are things about the conservative agenda that make me shudder. A friend of mine, who happens to be pagan (but who otherwise harbors...

  • 83

    Obesogens

    23 months ago

    Are fat people always at fault for their condition? If you eat right, exercise daily, and lead a balanced lifestyle, will this always be enough to keep you fit and trim? Is the obesity epidemic in the United States today entirely a matter of poor...

  • 53

    How to make a rainforest diorama

    23 months ago

    This week, my daughter was assigned a rainforest diorama to make. Her grade on this assignment counts as a science test. This is a little odd, I think, as the skills necessary to make an effective diorama fall mostly into the category of arts and...

  • 49

    How to make soda pop

    16 months ago

    Photo Credit: Wikipedia I can't stand the taste of water. especially flat water with no bubbles. Years ago, I used to drink a lot of Coca-Cola. I had what you might call brand name loyalty. I could take the taste test, and I could tell you...

  • 57

    Problems in Fifth Grade Math

    3 years ago

    Last year, I bought almost all my daughter's text books, so that she would always have a copy at home. The school provides free copies to the students, but they are very big and very heavy, and the children seldom take them home. This year, I...

  • 39

    Candy from Strangers

    2 years ago

    Image Credit: The Wikipedia When I was a little girl, my grandmother tried to impress upon me how important it was not to accept candy from strangers. If I disregarded this advice, she informed me that what I could expect was a fate worse than...

  • 38

    Reading Comprehension and the Hyperlexic Child

    13 months ago

    Some children start reading before they are able to hold a conversation. In a sense, they start to read before they can even talk. How is that possible? Reading can be broken down into two separate processes: (1) decoding the written symbols into...

  • 40

    My Fanny Pack

    3 years ago

    I have trouble holding on to my personal belongings. If it's not attached to me, I will lose it. I can't tell you how many scarves have simply blown away, how many gloves have been lost on walks to and from home or school. I can't tell you how many...

  • 44

    Lelouch of the Rebellion: A Code Geass Review

    3 years ago

    Image Credit: the Wikipedia What if Japan were conquered by an empire of English speakers of British descent whose base of operation was in North America? And what if these conquerors did not stop at conquest? What if they insisted on humiliating...

  • 189

    Facts about Homo Sapiens that You May Not Already Know

    3 years ago

    Perhaps you are considering adding another human being to your household. Or maybe you have no experience at all with human beings, and this will be the first one you encounter. This hub will give you some basic facts about human beings and the...

  • 189

    The Connection between Economy and Ecology

    2 years ago

    Many people believe that government bailouts of ailing businesses are necessary, because these businesses employ most people, and without the bailouts all would be jobless, homeless and might even go hungry. They suggest that the bailouts are a...

  • 116

    What Constitutes Proof in Ape Language Studies?

    2 years ago

    What constitutes proof in ape language studies? How would you go about proving that an ape has acquired language? The truth is that nobody knows. Many people will tell you what doesn't constitute proof, but the scientific community has not agreed on...

  • 8

    Pointing: The Problem with Hebrew TTS

    3 years ago

    When we started to work on putting together a touchscreen keyboard for Bow to use, it was understood that the English version would come first. Why? Is it because English is an international language that many people across the globe can speak? No....

  • 36

    How to Make an Animated Movie

    3 years ago

    When I was writing my first novel, The Few Who Count, I had no idea that even if I finished it and liked the end product, it would not be published by any established press, and once self-published, it would neither sell nor be read. No. Instead,...

  • 63

    The Evolution of Selfishness

    3 years ago

    Children in the 18th and 19th centuries were expected to memorize the poem Against Idleness and Mischief by Isaac Watts and to emulate the selflessness of the honey bee. The cloying sweetness of the self-sacrificing worker bee was irritating to...

  • 20

    Black Beer

    2 years ago

    Before I ever started drinking Coca-Cola, I had another black beverage that I liked much better. In Israel, we call it black beer. It is non-alcoholic (almost) and is recommended for pregnant women and small children. It was my first soft drink. ...

  • 15

    Yaddo

    3 years ago

    Sometimes I daydream about founding an artist's colony in the rural Ozarks where I live. Why would I want to do this? Haven't I chosen a life of seclusion away from the urban landscape? Yes, I have. But sometimes I think it might be nice to have...

  • 27

    Zinc and the Common Cold

    24 months ago

    Saturday evening, I started to experience the familiar itchy feeling in my throat. I also felt a little woozy, and I thought I might have a fever. I started taking a zinc supplement. It was a Zicam Lozenge that dissolved under my tongue. It was...

  • 71

    Avarice versus Greed

    2 years ago

    Avarice and greed are often used as interchangeable synonyms, with greed having the higher frequency of use and avarice appearing only rarely. However, if you look at the finer distinctions in their connotations and their etymology, you will find...

  • 33

    My Top 10 Books in the English Language

    4 years ago

    This is a list of books that I return to over and over again. There are many good books that I have read, but these are the ones that I keep around, quote from,and reread in times of trial and tribulation. These books are like comfort food for the...

  • 27

    Low Carb Sweet Potato Recipe

    2 years ago

    I keep seeing this headline: "Low Fat Sweet Potato Recipe" and it's driving me crazy. Sweet potatoes are naturally low in fat, Why would you need a special recipe to lower the fat content of sweet potatoes? So, even though I'm not looking for low...

  • 41

    The Very Entertaining Gilmore Girls

    23 months ago

    We don't get much television reception out here in the country, and I absolutely refuse to spring for cable, so in my house, if we want to watch TV, it's mostly DVDs. That means that in the case of television series, we either know we like them...

  • 21

    How We Judge Metrical Poetry: Inverted-A Horn Submissions Guidelines

    16 months ago

    How can you tell if something is good? In the case of poetry, aren't all standards of evaluation strictly subjective? Don't we all tend to think that what we write is good? Isn't it all a matter of taste? In the case of much of modern poetry that...

  • 22

    Bread: The First Fast Food

    24 months ago

    What is a fast food? It is one that tastes good, can be prepared easily, is readily accessible to all, and that has a considerable shelf life. What is a fast food? It is a shortcut to acquiring nutrition. It is a way of feeding many, but lowering...

  • 29

    The Punky-Wunkies, Part Two

    2 months ago

    The second part of a short story about a young Israeli immigrant girl's search for friendship in fifth grade. Do we get to choose our own friends, or does the social group choose our identity and friends for us?

  • 10

    The Punky Wunkies, Part One

    2 months ago

    Part one of a short story about an Israeli girl in fifth grade in the United States on a quest for true friendship. Who are friends? Those who want us for friends or those that we want? Who gets to decide?

  • 38

    Chocolate Under Communism

    2 years ago

    This is the story of what happens to chocolate when a country goes communist. It is also a story about my family -- or at least the left wing of my family: my somewhat distant relatives who had a fling with communism. It is about idealism and...

  • 19

    Love and Limerence

    24 months ago

    Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Shall I tell you how he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.... These are the opening lines to a satirical poem by Thackeray about Goethe's classic love story, Die Leiden...

  • 53

    Serotonin and Carbohydrates

    23 months ago

    In the not so distant past, doctors sometimes prescribed what they considered inert substances to patients when there was no real medicine to cure their ills -- or when they believed that a patient was a hypochondriac. They called these pretend...

  • 42

    Language is Learned

    4 years ago

    You may have heard it said that all babies have the same linguistic abilities at birth. This is true. They have no linguistic abilities at birth. No child is born knowing language, and early infancy and childhood are when language is acquired. What...

  • 38

    Misconceptions About Teenaged Mothers

    4 years ago

    Even as single motherhood has become commonplace in our society, and the stigma against out of wedlock births has disappeared, another prejudice has come to replace it: the bias against teenaged mothers. Here are a few misconceptions about teenaged...

  • 2

    A Fourth Grade Curriculum: Reading

    4 years ago

    Reading is a misunderstood subject. For a child to succeed on a reading assignment, there are many different skills that are required. Sometimes educators have difficulty pinpointing which skill, if any, needs improvement. Here are some of the...

  • 12

    A Fourth Grade Curriculum: Social Studies

    2 years ago

    In the United States, there is no such subject as geography. Instead, elementary school children are taught something called "Social Studies". Learning about geographical issues is subsumed under that heading. This week, my daughter's teacher sent...

  • 3

    A Fourth Grade Curriculum: Spelling

    3 months ago

    During the first week of school, there was no spelling test. The spelling curriculum got under way during week two. The children in my daughter's class were given a list of words to learn. There would be a test on Wednesday, and all those who did...

  • 17

    The Strays of Tamsui

    2 years ago

    In Tamsui, ten years ago, one could not go far without encountering a stray dog. The campus of the university where I taught was full of them. On every walk through the town or by the river, I would meet up with many a stray. They had no collars or...

  • 8

    Dogs Who Rescue Abandoned Babies

    3 months ago

    Every once in a while there's an item in the news that reminds us of the story of Romulus and Remus. Legend has it that Romulus, the first king of Rome, and its co-founder, was one of a pair of twins raised by a she-wolf. Photo Credit: The...

  • 5

    The Dog Temple

    4 years ago

    When I first arrived in Taiwan, I had a position as an assistant professor at Tamsui Oxford University College. I was given a Chinese name by the head of my department: Chi Ai Ya, which means "Pray Love Asia". I had a little wooden stamp with my...

  • 2

    A Fourth Grade Curriculum

    2 years ago

    Now that my daughter has started fourth grade, it's my job to keep up with what she is learning and to help her stay on track. I can't attend classes with her, but I can find out what she is supposed to be studying. The first step is to find copies...

  • 11

    Learning Traditional Chinese Characters through the Television Series AVATAR

    23 months ago

    In my family, the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender is very popular. We like to watch it because it is a nice mix of adventure with romance. It's about our favorite topic: how a small band of individuals can work together to save the world. Yes,...

  • 7

    Profile in Primatology: Sally Boysen

    4 years ago

    Sally Boysen is a tenured professor of psychology at the The Ohio State University. She specializes in numerical abilities of non-humans. She has published countless scholarly articles on this subject and is well recognized in her field. Notable...

  • 21

    What Isn't Poison?

    4 years ago

    Did you know that there is arsenic in tomatoes? Arsenic is a known poison. So does this mean that we shouldn't eat tomatoes? The answer is: it depends. How much arsenic is there in each tomato? How many tomatoes do you eat a day? How much do you...

  • 7

    Learning Mandarin through Song

    15 months ago

    One way to make language learning fun for your child is to include familiar songs in the lessons. It is easier to memorize words when they are set to music. Also, your child may already be familiar with the song in a different language, and the...

  • 7

    Which Carbohydrates do we need? And why do we need them?

    4 years ago

    In a recent Harper's Bazaar article entitled "Get A better Body in Two Weeks", I found the following caveat: "Never cut out carbohydrates completely... If you don't have a sustained energy source, your body will burn muscle for energy." (Harper's...

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