Organized Communication Mayumi Abe Kerim Marashi Organized Communication

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…?

Organized Communication 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 & 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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