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LANGUAGE QUOTES

AGENDA

• Analyze/Connect to final language quotes• END GOAL: Be able to use new knowledge

to form opinions on quotes.

QUOTE 1

• “Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.” – Peter Guber

• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree or disagree?• Connections to your own life/observations?

QUOTE 2

• “Man acts as through he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.” – Martin Heidegger

• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree with it?

QUOTE 6

• “We’re losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person’s mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanizes what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.” –Vincent Nichols

• What does this quote mean?• How does it connect to texted TED talk?• Agree or disagree?

QUOTE 3

• “True creativity starts where language ends.” –Arthur Koestler

• Do you agree or disagree? What are some examples?• What are the implications for literature

being considered art?

QUOTE 4

• “Obviously no language is innate. Take any kid from any race, bring them up in any culture and they will learn the language equally quickly. So no particular language is in the genes. But what might be in the genes is the ability to acquire language.” – Steven Pinker

• Does this clash with your thoughts from last week?• Do you agree or disagree?

QUOTE 5

• “Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we’re exposed to an infectious world.” – Steven Pinker

• What does this quote mean?• Do you agree or disagree with it? Explain.