Subject: Neoteny: A Scientific term for Holden?
From: Will Hochman (hochman@southernct.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 23 2001 - 21:48:57 GMT
According to Jeremy Campbell in Grammatical Man, a book about
language learning, "This technique of slowing down maturity,
retaining into grown-up life the juvenile traits of ancestral
species, is called neoteny, a word coined in 1883. It means,
literally, 'holding youth'" (139).
-- Will HochmanAssistant Professor of English Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515 203 392 5024
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