2023-3Q Wednesday 9.10(17:15-18:55) W932 Linguistics D (LAH.A411)
Tokyo Institute of Technology [Syllabus]
Linguistics D (LAH.A411)/ W932: Facts and Figures of Language
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Day 1 2023.10.04 Wittgenstein and Language Game / Is
a subject necessary for language?
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Day 2 2023.10.11 Turing and Turing Machine / Is a
word order really needed for language?
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Day 3 2023.10.18 Zipf and Zipf's Law / The criteria
of language description
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Day 4 2023.10.25 Daniel Jones' 18 Cardinal Vowels /
Is language static or dynamic?
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Day 5 2023.11.08 de Sussure and Semiotics / Is a
thought first or a language first?
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Day 6 2023.11.15 Fillmore and Case grammar /
Categorizing and naming objects
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Day 7 2023.11.22 Chomsky and Universal grammar /
Conference / Examination
Day 1: 2023.10.04 Wittgenstein and Language game / Is a subject necessary
for language?
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This class is one of the liberal arts courses in the 400 level of the
master's program.
- Discussion is mandatory in this class.
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In addition to attendance, written exams and research presentations are
required.
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If you wish to attend, please read the [Syllabus] carefully.
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Please prepare one of the following textbooks.
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Linguistics For Dummies® Published by John Wiley & Sons Canada,
Ltd. 6045 Freemont Blvd. Mississauga, Ontario, L5R 4J3
[Amazon]
[Cheat Sheet]
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An Introduction to Language: Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman and
Nina Hyams
[Amazon]
[PDF]
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Today's menu [Language game][Subject?]
Day 2: 2023.10.11 Turing and Turing Machine / Is a word order really
needed for the language?
Day 3: 2023.10.18 Zipf and Zipf's Law / Set language description criteria
to "understandable."
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Today's menu [Zipf's law][Criteria]
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Additional Resources [pdf] Frequency of words
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Discuss the following items if you can make sense with Zipf's law.
- The frequency of access to the web page
- The population in a city (rank-size distribution of the city)
- The top three percent of the people of income
- The frequency of use of the notes in music
- Expression level of the gene in cells
- Scale of earthquake
- The size of the fragments when the glass is broken
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Poster Template [pptx][pdf]
Day 4: 2023.10.25 Daniel Jones' 18 Cardinal Vowels / Is language static or
dynamic?
Day 5: 2023.11.08 de Sussure and Semiotics / Is a thought first or a
language first?
Day 6: 2023.11.15 Fillmore and Case grammar; Categorizing and naming
objects; Chomsky and Universal Grammar.
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The menu of the week
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Term "meme": A meme (/miːm/ MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that
spreads from person to person within a culture—often with the aim of
conveying a particular phenomenon, theme, or meaning represented by the
meme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or
practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through
writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a
mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural
analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to
selective pressures. In society, not only through language but also many
concepts are propagated through human beings.
Day 7: 2023.11.22 Conference and examination.
- [Conference Booklet]
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20 minutes for a presentation; 5 minutes for preparations/addion of
comments
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Presentation order:
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Group 1
- Lindahl Jacob
- VARDHAN Chetan
- Van Alstine Nathan
- Long Yanke
- Hu Yunfan
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Group 2
- WU SHENGYE
- ZHANG RUI
- Garry Pranata Kusuma
- Miyagi Shota
- ZHOU DONGDONG
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Group 3
- Firdaus Zuhal
- Jensen Nicholas John
- Lam Vi Toan
- Austin Taylor
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Comments and questions
here (deadline: tomorrow)
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