LINGUIS 100 1st Edition Lecture 1The first Lecture of this class basically covered the syllabus and what we could be expected to cover over the course of the semester.We briefly discussed , “What is human language?”-Turned to partner as stated how is human language different from computer language and animal languageThe questions that we answer at the end of every chapter we read (one chapter per week) will be useful for studying and can be considered, “study questions”The Text can be found at the UWM bookstore, “The Study of Language” 5th Edition by George Yule Questions from the first lecture:1. What is human language?2. What is the difference between communication and language?3. How are animal communication, computer language and English different from each other?4. How do you know when someone switches languages?5. How are English and Chinese different?In each one of these, we discussed with people around us, we alluded to the fact that we would be covering them more in depthly through our readings and future lecturesProceeding to watch short videos about a parrot and a monkey, we discovered that one of the main differences between human language and animal language is this:-Animals can learn words and maybe even phrases and respond intelligently, but they cannot form complex and complete sentences to illustrate new insightPictureWe then looked at a picture that included three people interacting with each other and were asked to tell the story of what is going on in the picturePoint of ExerciseThe point of this was that everyone came up with a different and unique situation for the same picture. Why was this and how was this possible? ** It is possible because each language has an infinite amount of ways to put together words in a sentence. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.How does language work?Grammar- the parts and order of language which includes:-sounds-words-sentences A sentence can have the correct words, but not in the right order.A word can have the right sounds but not pronounced correctly by the
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