Organized Communication
Mayumi Abe& Kerim Marashi
Organized Communication
the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by predetermined speech, writing, or signs
Today’s Number? Over 6,000
Factor in Animal languages…?
OrganizedCommunication
Verbal Symbolic Pantomimical
Verbal
Arbitrary Sounds
General Sounds = General Understanding
Dynamic
Symbolic
Visual or Tactile forms represent spoken words
Structure determines interpretation
Longest lasting form of language
Pantomimical
Body Language
Gestures
Facial Expressions
Except in Balkans…Yes=No No=Yes
Learned: Sign Language
Sign Language
Complex
Expression = Speed + Range
Convention Dictates Composition
Highly Customizable
Stages of Learning
Physical Response
First Attempt Mimicking
Practice
Coherent words
Generic phrases
Independent composition
Refined Pattern (maybe)
Martian Musings
Gossip
Brag
Git-r-Done
Congratulate
Venucian Version
Yes, and…
Get Intimate
Share knowledge
Increase social network
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
First Language Acquisition
Next (Subsequent) Language Acquisition
First Language Acquisition
Complex Process
Environment Over Parents
Semantics More Than Syntax
Next (Subsequent) Language Acquisition
Easier for Prepubescent
Immersion is key
History of English
Old English 449-1066
Middle English 1066-1450
Modern English 1450-Present
Old English
Influenced by German, Latin, Norse, and Celtic
Most Famous Example: Beowulf
Middle English
Sote = Sweet
Licour = Liqour
Most Famous Example = Canterberry Tales
Modern English
Thee’s Thou’s & You Your’s
Most Famous = King James Bible
Syntax
Order of words in sentences varies from language to language
English-language syntax, for instance, generally follows a subject-verb-object order
Japanese has a basic word order of subject-object-verb
Semantics
Interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence
Fine Points
Dialects
Social varieties of language
Pidgins and Creoles
Dialects
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