1. English 611 Terminology in Linguistics and Literature for Communication Instructor: Uthai Piromruen, Ph.D. Associate Professor CEN 6102 First Session Terminolology in Linguistics and Literature for Communication Instructor: Uthai Piromruen, Ph.D. Associate Professor

2. First Session Orientation to the Course Introduction to Language & Linguistics 1. Definition of Language 2. The origins of language 3. Universal properties of language 4. Animals & human language 5. The diversity of linguistics

3. Orientation to the Course 1. Course title: English 611: Terminology in Linguistics and Literature for Communication 2. Class schedule: Sunday 1-4 pm. 3. Room: POTDUANG, Humanities Building #1 4. Instructor: Uthai Piromruen, Ph.D. Associate professor 5. Weekly Assignments: Group/individual study project/questions 6. Evaluation: Written Test:Midterm 30% Final 30%, Group/individual Report 30%, Attendance 10%, Grade: S, U: S=Satisfactory, U=Unsatisfactory

4. Orientation to the Course 1. Course title: CEN 6102 : Terminology in Linguistics and Literature for Communication 2. Class schedule: Saturday 1-4 pm. 3. Room: AV, HUMBuilding N0#1. 4. Instructor: Uthai Piromruen, Ph.D. Associate professor 5. Weekly Assignments: Group/individual study project/questions 6. Evaluation: Written Test:Midterm 30% Final 30%, Group/individual Report 30%, Attendance 10%, Grade: S, U: S=Satisfactory, U=Unsatisfactory

5. Study Project/Question #1

6. How to set up your project Select the topic for your study project based on the topics presented in this first session. Organize a group of three students. Choose your group leaders and members. Write down the topic you selected for your group. Search for more new information from the sources.

7. Questions # 1 1. Why human languages are so much different from one another? 2. Why words can have many meanings? -List some of them. 3. Can animals learn a human language? 4. What branches of linguistics are influencial in today’s living?

8. 1.Introduction to Language & Linguistics

9. Definition of Language “A finite system of elements and principles that make it possible for speakers to construct sentences to do particular communicative jobs” (Fasold & Connor-Linton, 2006. p. 9, adapted from Finegan and Besner (1989).

10. 2. The origins of language 1. The divine source 2. The natural-sound source 3. The oral gesture source 4. Glossogenetics 5. Physical adaptation: the human teeth, lips, mouth and tongue, the human larynx, pharynx, the human brain is lateralized 6. Interactons and transactions

11. 3. Universal properties of language Modularity Constituency and recursion Discreteness Productivity Arbitariness Reliance on content Variability (Fasold and Connor-Linton, 2006, pp.1-7)

12. 5. The Diversity of Linguistics

13. 1.6 What is Linguistics? Linguistics—A scientific study of language. - The systematic inquiry into human language—into its structures and uses and the relationship between them, as well as into the development and acquisition of language

14. The scope of linguistics Includes both language structure (and the grammatical competence underlying it) And language use (and its underlying Communicative competence)

15. The branches of linguistics. Historically, the central focus of language study has been grammar—patterns of speech sounds, word structure, sentence formation, and meaning. More recently, attention has also focused on the relationship between expression and meaning, and context and interpretation, which is called Pragmatics

16. Other branches of Linguistics Language variation across speech communication or within a single community, across time and across situations of use. It seeks two kinds of explanation—cognitive ones—the human language-processing and the social ones--social interaction and the organization of societies

17. The third group of linguists Applies the findings of the discipline to real- world problems in Educational matters, to the acquisition of literacy (reading and writing) and of second languages and foreign languages; in clinical matters, to understanding aspects of Alzheimer’s disease and aphasia; in forensic settings, to analyze the conversation for evidence of conspiracy and others for legal matters, in language policies for cross-cultural communication

18. Linguistcs Disciplines Theoretical Linguistics: -Phonetics, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics, Language acquisition, Applied Linguistics: -Psycholinguistics -Sociolinguistics -Neurolinguistics -Anthropological linguistics -Historical linguistics -Pragmatics -Computational linguistics

19. Questions # 2 The sounds of language 1. What is articulatory phonetics? 2. How are speech sounds made? 3. How many different sounds do languages use? 4. How does sound travel through the air? 5. How is it registered by the ears? 6. How can we measure speech?