1. Language and Worldview

2. English 11th Century
Fæder ure þu þe eart on heofonum; Si þin nama gehalgod
English c CE
Oure fader that art in heuenis halowid be thi name ...
English 1611 (King James)
Our father which art in heauen, hallowed be thy name.
English 1963 (Phillips)
Our Heavenly Father, may your name be honored;
English 1970 (Condon)
Our Father in Heaven, let your holy name be known

3. The Details 4,000 unique human sounds
400 of these appears in the world’s languages
Usually around 50 per language
Phonemes = smallest units of sound that make a difference in meaning
C-A-T
Morphemes = the smallest units of sound that have a meaning
Dog –s (plural)
Kiss –ed (past tense)

4. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English

5. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
subject

6. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
subject
verb

7. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
subject
verb
Direct object

8. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
“Ich bin zum Geschäft gelaufen“ - German
subject
verb
Direct object

9. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
“Ich bin zum Geschäft gelaufen“ - German
subject
verb
Direct object
subject

10. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
“Ich bin zum Geschäft gelaufen“ - German
subject
verb
Direct object
verb
subject

11. The Details Phonology = Analyzing the language sounds
Morphology = The study of the patterns or rules of words formation in a language (Example: tenses, grammatical structure, pluralization)
Syntax = The order you put the words in phrases or sentences
“I ran to the store” – English
“Ich bin zum Geschäft gelaufen“ - German
subject
verb
Direct object
verb
subject
Direct object

12. Other Communication
How do two people from different cultures communicate without verbal or written language?
Body language
Over 10,000 facial expressions alone!
Most body language is universal

13. Other Communication However, some is not universal
Head non v. shake
Proxemics = the cross-cultural study of humankind’s perception and use of spaces

14. The Role of Language
Why have humans evolved to be able to use language?
Benefit?
Disadvantages?
Language shapes identity
Wouldn’t it be great if everybody spoke…
Who is ready to start speaking ESPERANTO?!?

15. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Basically, language shapes thought and action
But how much is the question
Eskimos have more words for snow than people in the tropics
But not too many more

16. The Power of Words Do we mean what we say?
We speak of love in many ways: as a fluid (filled) as a natural force (swept off her feet) etc.
Perhaps we ought to rethink metaphors like, "I'm falling in love," or "I'm falling out of love," and create love instead.
Falling in love implies that we have no control over our situation. 

17. The Power of Words Metaphors of love.
What is it?
How do we perceive it?
If we go through life hoping to "fall in love", what does that mean for us?
Could we "Create" love?
What if we created love everyday instead of hoped that love would stay?
What about ourselves? Do we create ourselves?

18. Find Yourself “I need to get away for a while” “I need to find myself”
“What do I do now?”
Find Yourself
“I feel like I am lost”
“Where do I go from here?”

19. Lose Yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgg04EekxIc
“If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found.” ~Proverb
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”  ~Henry David Thoreau
Lose Yourself

20. Create Yourself
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself.  But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. 
~Thomas Szasz, "Personal Conduct," The Second Sin, 1973

21. Notecard O’ the Day
How much do you feel the language you use shapes who you are as a human being?