LING 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Trans-Cultural Diffusion, Relational Operator, Persian Language
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Source of aramaic, arabic, hebrew, greek, brahmi scripts: arabic abjad farsi, urdu alphabets. History of alphabets: greek alphabet: source of etruscan, roman, armenian, georgian, cyrillic. Math: system of expressing numeric values- math expressions use a coded system. Numbers and language: symbolism: numerals, operations, variables, grammar: complex terms (made from multiple symbols), parentheses, argument structure. Complex terms made from organized symbols: symbolism of numerals: spoken words signifying quantity. Embedded expressions: 2 + 2 is complex but contains operator within it. Recursion: embed expressions within expressions; word (2) & operator (plus +) embedded into greater expression (= 4) Operators: statement, assertion: expression that can be true or false, term: expression that"s a participant/argument of a statement; some symbol signifying a quantity or amount. E. g. one, two, 1, 2: complex* term: quantity expressed thru combo of symbols. Refers to some part but depends on how one expresses it (numerically, words)
