WRAP UP

Well here it is... THE END.

It was a pleasure exploring all of the topics related to Epistemology of English with you.  I hope that you learned a lot, and I also hope that you have gotten a glance of what it means to be a linguist, which is what you will become very soon.

For our final task I would like you to (1)explore your own blog, (2)tell me what do you remember the most about the class, (3)what did you enjoy most, and (4) what you did not like that much.

It was a pleasure to have you in my class, thank you for listening to me and my passions related to language, and I am very sorry if I made you sleep once in a while.

THE LINGUISTS

Pre-Movie Activity:

1.  What does the title tell you that this movie is going to be about?
2.  Based on what we have discussed in the class, what is the meaning or meanings of the word LINGUIST?
3. How can a language become dead?
4. What would happen if a language doesn't exist anymore? 

 

During-Movie activities:

1. After watching the trailer, what is the movie going to be about?
2. Fill in the following chart:

 

Language	Location	Number of speakers	Why is it disappearing?

After-Movie Activities:

Post this activity in your blog and also please give a WRITTEN copy to Mr. Z.

1. How is this movie related to the course of Epistemology?
2. Please relate each of the topics of Linguistics discussed in class to a part of the movie.
3. Answer ONE of the following questions:

• Why should we care if Chulym or Chemehuevi or Kallawaya survive? Would you feel the same way if English or your native language were on the verge of extinction?
• Do you agree with the UNESCO declaration statements that "All language communities have equal rights" (Article 10, section 1) and "Everyone has the right to use his/her language in the personal and family sphere" (Article 12, section 2)? Explain.
• Latin is called a "dead language," and in a way this is true: There are no speakers left who learned Latin as a native language. Latin is survived by its descendants, including Spanish, Italian, and French; and Latin is taught in schools. Do you think Latin is dead? Ainu is a language spoken by just a few people in the far north of Japan. There are no languages known to be related to Ainu. If Ainu ceases to be spoken, do you think it will be dead in the same way as Latin?
• Do you see problems in using biological metaphors—death and extinction—to refer to the loss of languages? Why do you imagine communities connected to endangered languages might have problems with those metaphors? What are some similarities and differences between these biological processes and language loss?
• A critical stage in language death is reached when children stop learning the language. Discuss the kinds of conditions that would make children want or not want to learn a language spoken by their parents or grandparents.
• The U.S. has speakers of various languages besides English. In June 200, a sign outside of Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia read, "This is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING 'PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH."' How does this sign relate to what you learned about the treatment of endangered languages in The Linguists? Did you know that the language spoken by the original inhabitants of what is now Philadelphia was not English but a now endangered Native American language called Lenape?
  

A little more on Applied Linguistics

Applied Linguistics

Create a blog where you answer the following questions:

1.  Find 3 definitions of applied linguistics and then create your own.

2.  Based on the definition you created FOR YOU, what are some issues concerned in the field of Applied Linguistics?

3.  What area of concern of Applied Linguistics would you be interested in exploring?

4.  Find information about possible topics that you would be interested in researching related to the area that you are interested in.

Psycholonguistics

Hello welcome to the Module of Psycholinguistics. Based on the following video, make a mind-map, where you explain the general introduction of Psycholinguistics.

SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Discuss these questions orally with a classmate:

 

Have you ever had situations where people misunderstood you? Or even situations where the word you used was understood differently?  Have you had problems understanding other people speaking Spanish or English?

Make a post in your blog with the name: Sociolinguistics.  Answer the following questions in your blog.

To Answer with your knowledge:

1.  What is the relationship between society and language?

2. If we talk about the same language, why do you think it varies from one place to another?

3.  Besides the place, what other things do you think affects the way we speak?

To research on the web:

4.  What is the difference between accent and dialect?

5.  What information can you find about these terms:  Covert Prestige, Overt Prestige, Pidgin Language, Creole Language.  Discuss with a friend if you understood what these terms mean.

SEMANTICS

Syntax

WARNING

this might get complicated...

Welcome to the basic aspects of syntax.  It may look complicated but I assure you that you will see this very simple.  In order to understand the basics of grammar you must understand the following words.  Create a Post under the title Syntax, where you give a definition (don't forget to quote, from where you got the information) of the following terms:

Syntax, Grammar, Parse Tree, Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Sentence, Determiner, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Pronoun, Prepositional Phrase, Auxiliary Verb, Verb.

After doing your definitions, watch the following video:

Try to make a parse tree for the following sentence:

The student killed Mr. Zea.

Publish your possible Parse tree in the Blog.

Semantics

What is the meaning of the expression "They should have done..."?

What does the word pedantic mean?

How do you think this comic strip is related to semantics?

Welcome to this module related to Semantics, after you discuss the previous questions with your classmates, start to do the following instructions:

Create a post with the title Semantics.  Carry out each of the following activities and number them in your blog:

1.  Read all the instructions before you do anything.

2.  Create a definition of semantics based on the concepts discussed in class related to the Epistemological universe of ELT.

3.  Find 20 meanings of the word Semantics, and make a an essay where you state the different meanings of the word in a 500 word document.

4.  Create a a google document where you define which are the main relationships between the semantic analysis of a word and the morphological meaning of a sentence.

5.  If you have read up to here, and thought that this task is absolutely ridiculous, you are absolutely right. That is why you must only do the following two activities.  Be sure to number point six as one and point seven as two in your blog.

6.  Define Semantics in linguistics (Don't forget to quote authors and also to use your voice).

7.  Find the meaning of the following word taking into account the relationship with linguistic semantics.  After you write the meaning, write in your own perceptions how is the word related to semantics.

MEANING, CONCEPT, REFERENT, GRAMMATICAL MEANING, LEXICAL MEANING, DENOTATIVE, CONNOTATIVE, METAPHOR, POLYSEMY, CONTEXT.

Morphology

Create a post with the title Morphology. Number and develop each of the parts that follow:

1.  Find 3 definitions of morphology with their sources. Identify 6 common keywords and in point one in your post write a definition of morphology in linguistics.  Don't forget to cite sources!

2. Fill in the following chart and paste it in your blog

Word	Definition	Example
Morpheme
Free Morpheme
Bound Morpheme
Prefix
Suffix
Infix
Affix
Derivational Morpheme
Inflectional Morpheme

3.  Fill in the following chart:

Word	Number of Syllables	Number of Morphemes
Unlikely
Happiness
Loves
Morphology
syntax

 

4.  Create a chart where you explain and give an example of at least 4 word formation processes.

Phonology

Welcome to this wonderful class about Phonology.  The objective of today's class is to find out as much information as we can about Phonology.  Please follow these instructions:

Create a new post in your blog with the title: Phonology.  Number each of the following points and answer them in complete sentences.

1.  What is the difference between phonetics and Phonology?  (Remember to cite your sources and use your concepts and language)

2.  Identify 3 goals of phonology.

3.  Define this words:  Phoneme, Letter, Digraph, Consonant cluster, allophone.

4.  How many phonemes of English vowels are there?  Give an example of each using any word you like (e.g /o/  as in goat).

5.  What is the stress of a word?  Mark the stress of the following words by underlining the syllabus. 

Table - Happy - Geographic - Revelation - Photography - Critical - Greenhouse - Understand

That is all the work for today.  Be sure to make your blog look nice!

ɪntrədəkʃən tu fənɛtɪks

Welcome to this module of phonetics.  Be sure to make a Post in your blog with the title "[ɪntrədəkʃən tu fənɛtɪks]" BUT IN LETTERS!!!

For each of the tasks of this blog you have to post something, be sure to number your tasks.

TASK 1
Find at least 3 definitions of phonetics. Post them, be sure to say where did you get the information.  After the definitions, write your own definition taking into account what the other definitions have in common.

TASK 2
Which are the three main divisions of Phonetics.  Write a definition for each one.

TASK 3
Which part of phonetics do this pictures and videos share?

This is how we produce sounds.  According to the graphic above, can you say which parts of the vocal tract we use to produce these sounds?

[k], as in cat
[p], as in put
[m], as in man
[g], as in goat
[t], as in take

According to the video which are the main parts involved in the creation of vowel sounds?


TASK 4

Which part of phonetics is this task related to?

Watch this video and answer the questions.


How is a sound produced?

How do humans create vibrations in order to produce sounds with their vocal tract?

In which form does sound energy travel?

What type of wave is sound and what is its characteristic?

Through which mediums can sound travel?

Where do the waves of sound travel the quickest?



TASK 5
The study of the reception and perception of speech sounds by the listener is called ____________________.

Sound waves are converted in to vibration again when they enter our ears.  Which is the order of the organs of how sound travels in our ear?





TASK 6

Congratulations you have finished today's work.  Please write in a very brief paragraph what you have learned today.

Our Epistemology Blogs

Please share your blog with us.  All you need to do is fill the chart located in THIS LINK.  Be sure to test the URL of your blog.

How Do we Acquire Language?

Hello everyone!

The objective of this class is to define for ourselves how do humans acquire language.  It is important to understand different perspectives and then come up with our own definition.

How do you think we acquire language?

Lets watch this short video of how a musician compares the mother language with the language of music:




How does Victor define the way that we acquire a language?

Now, lets watch this documentary about how we acquire language and start grasping your own conclusions.  Be sure to make notes about what specific aspects call your attention.





Based on the videos that we watch today, and Mr. Brown's perspective in chapter 2.  Create a 200 word text defining how do we acquire language.