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LanguageThe gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.
–LEWIS THOMAS, The Lives of a Cell
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C o u r s e D e t a i l s• 8 classes
• 6 optional problem sets (psets)
• Solutions up by Saturday afternoon
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W h a t I s L i n g u i s t i c s ?• Not just a humanities subject!
English professor
Books
Movies?
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W h a t I s L i n g u i s t i c s ?• Scientific study of language
Sound frequency (Hz)
Time (ms)
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W h a t I s L i n g u i s t i c s ?• Morphology – analysis of word structure
• Phonetics – sounds of languages
• Phonology – function and patterning of sounds
• Syntax – analysis of sentence structure
• Semantics – analysis of meaning
• Historical linguistics – study of language change
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M o r p h o l o g y• Compounds:
• “Bat” + “man” = “Batman”
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+ =
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M o r p h o l o g y• Inflection:
• “I am.”
• “You are.”
• “He/she/it is.”
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P h o n e t i c s• Vowels:
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P h o n e t i c s• Consonants:
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P h o n e t i c s• Speech:
• Tone:“You went home.”“You went home?”
• Stress:“I object.”“This object…”
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P h o n o l o g y• Minimal pairs:
• Difference between “bat” and “pat”
• One slight change = totally different word
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P h o n o l o g y• Variation:
• Vowels: “Not”
• Consonants: “Butter”
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S y n t a x• Parts of speech:
• Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, etc.
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S y n t a x• Phrase structure:
• Syntax trees
He eats good food
N
N’
NP
I
I’
IP
Det
V
V’
VP
N
N’
NP
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S e m a n t i c s• Ambiguity:
• “Wealthy men and women”
• “Wealthy men and women”
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H i s t o r i c a l L i n g u i s t i c s• Word change:
• ganra gandra gender
• slǣpde slǣpte slept
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H i s t o r i c a l L i n g u i s t i c s• Grammar change:
• “He ne speketh nawt.”
• “He does not speak.”
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W h a t D o L i n g u i s t s D o ?• Talk to people?
• Teach linguistics?
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W h a t D o L i n g u i s t s D o ?• Help program machines to talk:
• C-3PO?
• Repliee Q2
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W h a t D o L i n g u i s t s D o ?• Make connections between languages:
Proto-Indo-European (PIE)
• Document language and languages
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S p e c i a l i z a t i o n• Humans are specialized for language
• Some organs have vocal functionality
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S p e c i a l i z a t i o n
TeethLips
Nose
Tongue
Vocal cords
Lungs
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S p e c i a l i z a t i o nOrgan Vital function Speech function
Lips to close the mouth to articulate sounds
Teeth to break up food to produce consonants
Tongue to taste and move foodthrough the mouth
to produce and articulate consonants sounds
Nose to breath and smell to produce nasal sounds
Vocal cords to seal passage to lungs to produce voice and tone
Lungs to exchange CO2 and H2O to supply air for sounds
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S p e c i a l i z a t i o n• Not just specialized for sound production
• Sound perception
• Cognitive abilities:word formationsentence formationsentence interpretation
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C r e a t i v e S y s t e m• Language is infinite
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C r e a t i v e S y s t e m• Creativity involved
• Can create and understand the unheard of
• “My purple anteater walked his dog yesternight inside the chocolate cloud in the strawberry sky below my feetsies.”
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C r e a t i v e S y s t e m• Nouns as verbs
• “Put wine into bottles.”
• “Bottle the wine.”
• Noun as a noun
• Noun as a verb
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C r e a t i v e S y s t e m• What about words?
• Kreechure
• Trasklip
• Umdaugger
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C r e a t i v e S y s t e m• What about these?
• Kzrsinger
• Shshlyam
• Qphmeoeo
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C r e a t i v e S y s t e m• There are limitations…
• “Put the prisoner in prison.”
• “*Prison the prisoner.”
• We have “imprison”
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G e n e r a l i t y• All languages have a grammar
• Grammar is a mental system
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G e n e r a l i t y• Grammar defines rules
• Word order
• Word formation
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G e n e r a l i t y• “I can see two dogs.”
• “I see can two dogs.”
• “I two can see dogs.”
• Grammatical
• Ungrammatical
• Ungrammatical
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P a r i t y• All grammars are equal
• No primitive languages
• Any language is sufficient for its people
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P a r i t y• Hawaiian has small sound inventory
• English has a larger sound inventory
• English speakers can interpret more sounds?
• Hawaiian < English?
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P a r i t y• No!
• Hawaiian words are complex
• Hawaiian “Mele Kalikimaka”
• English “Merry Christmas”
• 7 syllables vs. 4 syllables
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U n i v e r s a l i t y• Grammars are alike in basic ways
• “I eat food.” (SVO)
• “I food eat.” (SOV)
• “Eat I food.” (VSO)
• Majority adopt SOV word order
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M u t a b i l i t y• Grammars change over time
• Refer back to slide on historical linguistics
• “He ne speketh nawt”
• “He does not speak”
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I n a c c e s s i b i l i t y• Grammatical knowledge is subconscious
• Try explaining what’s wrong below:
• “*Frightened dog this the cat that chased mouse a.”
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I n a c c e s s i b i l i t y• What is the plural of “meemeem”?
• “meemeems”
• What is the plural of “meemeet”?
• “meemeets”
• Take note of the pronunciation of the “s”
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S u m m a r y• Linguistics = study of language
• Humans specialized for language
• Language = creative system
• Generality, parity, universality, mutability, inaccessibility
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N T: M o r p h o l o g y• Next time (NT):
• What could “goldfishtank” mean?
• “goldfish tank”?
• “gold fish-tank”?
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L O T W : O l d E n g l i s h• “Language of the Week”
• Not LOTR (Lord of the Rings)
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L O T W : S t a t i s t i c s• ~0 speakers
• ∞th largest by native speakers
• ~450 CE to ~1100 CE
• Official language in 0 countries
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L O T W : C l a s s i f i c a t i o n• West-Germanic language
• Indo-European language family
• Anglo-Saxons runes (futhorc) / Latin alphabet
• Fusional
• SVO word order?
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L O T W : H i s t o r y• From Germanic tribes
• Influenced by Latin from Roman traders
• Germanic dialects dominated Brythoniclanguages
• Anglo-Saxons spoke Old English
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L O T W : W r i t t e n S a m p l eHwæt! wē Gār-Dena in geār-dagumþeod-cyninga, þrym gefrunonhu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorl. Syððan ærest wearðfeasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendraofer hronrade hyran scolde, gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning!
–Bēowulf
Listen! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes, of the kings of the people, in days of yore, [and] how those princes did deeds of glory. Often Scyld Scefing deprived armed bands of foes, many clans of mead-benches, [and] terrified warriors. Since he first was found helpless (he experienced comfort for that), he grew under the heavens, thrived with honors, until each of the nearby peoples over the sea were obliged to pay him tribute. That was a good king!
–Beowulf
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L O T W : S p o k e n S a m p l e• Beowulf – The Telling of an Old Tale
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