LINGUIST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: International Phonetic Alphabet, Vocal Folds, Jordan Peterson
9 May 2018
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Lecture Two
. Practice quiz (2 attempts, random questions) and optional assignment (questions,
beginning practice) open at 2:30 today and closes Monday not worth marks but
you get points off your final exam
. ACTUAL QUIZ 7am Monday till Tuesday (45 minute quiz) [about material from
classes 1 and 2)— one quiz (lowest one will be dropped)
Goals for today
. Understand the fundamental properties of human language
. Consider a specific example of language change
. Perceive individual speech segments within words
. Understand how speech is produced in the vocal tract
. Learn IPA symbols
Questions
1) If a language has no written form, then it has no grammar FALSE
. All languages have grammar
. Linguistics is about unconscious mental grammar
. If you speak a different language then you have a different grammar
(grammar= language and variety)
2) English has been deteriorating since Shakespeare’s time and soon it will be totally
dead. FALSE
. All languages change over time—kids are killing English… by using emoji’s,
slang, etc
3) In your speech, does whine sounds like wine? No
4) Whoever was in here, they made a big mess YES (number of people unknown)
5) The children said they played soccer all afternoon YES (plural)
6) A student said they were locked out of their email YES (singular, gender
unknown)
7) Lee said they hadn’t gotten their OSAP yet YES (singular, non-
gendered)
)f you can’t teach your language to someone else then you don’t really know your
language FALSE (unconscious language)
9) Vernacular dialects, patois, and creoles are just sloppy forms of language spoken
by ignorant people FALSE
. They all have grammars and grammar makes it linguistic—this is a value
judgment and a social judgment
Changing English Pronouns
16th c 17th c Present
Intimate thou you
Singular thou (thee) you you
Plural you you you *y’all, youse, yinz, you guys
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Document Summary
Practice quiz (2 attempts, random questions) and optional assignment (questions, beginning practice) open at 2:30 today and closes monday not worth marks but you get points off your final exam. Actual quiz 7am monday till tuesday (45 minute quiz) [about material from classes 1 and 2) one quiz (lowest one will be dropped) Understand how speech is produced in the vocal tract. Questions: if a language has no written form, then it has no grammar. If you speak a different language then you have a different grammar (grammar= language and variety: english has been deteriorating since shakespeare"s time and soon it will be totally. All languages change over time (cid:498)kids are killing english by using emoji"s, slang, etc(cid:499) dead. They all have grammars and grammar makes it linguistic this is a value language: vernacular dialects, patois, and creoles are just sloppy forms of language spoken by ignorant people false. Yes (singular, non- gendered) judgment and a social judgment.
