Organized Communication

Mayumi Abe& Kerim Marashi

Organized Communication

the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by predetermined speech, writing, or signs

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Factor in Animal languages…?

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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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