Course

Introduction to Linguistics, Code 518017ENGLISH IV (518009A_764)

Course Tutor

LUZ ADRIANA PERDOMOASTRID YANIRA LEMOS

Task 1

Introduction to main terms Initial activity

Student:

Edinson Leen González Laguna

Group

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 Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD

Neiva – Huila 06 september 2020

Mi familia es grande. Vivo con mis padres. Mi mamá es empresaria y mi papá trabaja en

un banco. Tengo dos hermanas, Jaidith y Petrona. También tengo dos hermanos, Edder y

Robert. Todos nos llevamos muy bien.

Step 1: Check

- Go to the learning environment and check the course content and bibliographic references for

Unit 1. Watch the video [Big Think]. (2012, October 6). Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window

to Understanding the Brain [Video File]. Turn on Closed Captions / Subtitles to make it easier for

you to take notes.

Step 2: responses

- According to the video, answer the following questions on the forum:

- What is no language?

According to the presenter who is called Steven Pinker professor of psychology at Harvard

University. Language is elementary for the human being, this characteristic difference being the

human being from the other species. Without the language it would be a very frustrating and

limited knowledge; This surprising feminine is the center of all societies in the 6000 or so

languages spoken on the planet. Language is an intricate talent that encompasses, grammatically,

focused on the construction of words, phrases and sentences. Phonology the study of sound.

Semantics in the study of meaning and pragmatics in the study of the use of language in

conversation.

Language is not a proper grammar because, if we look at descriptive grammar, we find how

people speak and how people use rules. And if we look at prescriptive grammar, we find out how

people should speak. However, we cannot avoid the fact of the cultural space, it means that the

main standard does not exist, it all depends on where and by whom it is spoken. As we know in

the rules of English, we cannot divide infinitives and we cannot make a double negative because

dialects have their own set of rules, at the moment it is not how we thought.

Language is not a thought. When we are babies, we do not have any communication by speaking,

but we can communicate through cause and effect, this is how we learn, that is: imitations. The

human brain has no limits, as we grow and learn we enter the world of visual elements or images

that represent something, that something could be a sound, a word or whatever you can associate,
that is correct by the comparison method. If we think in that method, memory remembers the

meaning of the world and is maintained for a long period and it is then when it goes from being a

thought to being an expression of thought and the way we perceive our environment and the way

we name or recognize things.

- Include the concepts of

- Grammar = is the study of the rules and principles that govern the use of languages and the

organization of words within sentences and other types of syntactic constituents.

- Writings = A writing is a letter, a document or any other handwritten, typewritten or printed

paper.

- Language = It is known with the term of language to any semiotic code of formal structure and

that supposes for its use the existence of a context of use and certain principles. thought.

- What is language?

- Language is the verbal or gestural communication system through which the inhabitants of a given
community will communicate and understand.

What concept is developed with the famous phrase of Noan Chomsky?

Results of What concept is developed with the famous phrase of Noam Chomsky? "Colorless green
ideas sleep furiously"?

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It was published in 1957, and in this work Chomsky - who was just 29 years old - introduces

the concept of generative grammar: the idea that the grammatical rules of all languages are

generated by a universal grammar that the human brain innately possesses.

In other words, you cannot construct a correct grammatical phrase that does not have at some

point an electronic expression context that gives it meaning. This implies, of course, that

anything that can be said can be translated. This also makes the translator's job even more

difficult.

- What is the basic explanation for the fact that a person speaks a foreign

language? language with a specific accent?

- There are several factors that influence people to acquire an accent faster than others.

Javier Cuétara Priede, professor of linguistics at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the

UNAM, explained to Verne that "if you want to belong to a community (or stop belonging to a

community), you adopt a specific accent, voluntarily" .

- The professor added that in order for a person to be understood, he adopted linguistic

forms of the population in which he is found: “If I am in Spain, for example, and I want to

make myself understood, I ask for a 'culín' for a glass of wine, or a cut for an espresso with

milk ”.

- Despite the great advances in computational linguistics, what have been some of the

typical linguistic difficulties of computers in processing human language?

- To create intelligent instruments and tools, it is essential that they be able to

communicate, and it is at this point that the figure of the computational linguist appears, key in

the research of language technologies. According to Wikipedia, computational linguistics is an

interdisciplinary field that deals with the development of formalisms that describe the

functioning of natural language, such that they can be transformed into executable programs

by a computer, some difficulties are that it does not have vocal cords which leaves it Unable to

acquire a sharp voice, it is also that it does not have the ability to intonize words according to

feelings because being a machine does not have what we call feelings.

- Step 3: questions

- Create three (3) original informational questions based on the video and answer

them. Be sure to share them on the forum for your email colleagues to read.

1. How did the language with which we communicate originate?

The language with which we speak originated from the need to communicate and

the evolution of these forms. Castilian comes from vulgar Latin, it is an adaptation

and evolution of it.

We have that language is a linguistic form that allows us to communicate, it has

grammatical rules and conventions, while a variety is a form that is specific to a

language, and it has some linguistic features that characterize it.

2. How many languages can a person learn?

Although there are people who claim to speak 50 languages, most polyglots affirm

that the maximum number of languages that a person can handle in an advanced

way is between 20 and 30. Some figures, in any case, staggering.

3. Will artificial intelligence be smarter than us?

Not because the computer is not capable of facing the unknown, only of processing

the information that is given to it.

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Retrieved from https://brainly.lat/tarea/2590249

Sucasas, Á. L. (FEBRUARY 21, 2018). Artificial intelligence is not going to be smarter than us.

Retrieved from https://retina.elpais.com/retina/2018/02/19/tendences/1519034268_083764.html

Torrijos, C. (JANUARY 17, 2019). Computational linguistics, the field where science and letters

meet. Retrieved from

https://retina.elpais.com/retina/2019/01/15/tendences/1547545169_410011.html

Ucha, F. (November 5, 2008). Definition ABC -Definition of Language. Obtained from

https://www.definicionabc.com/comunicacion/idioma.php

Jaidith es la mayor de todos. Ella es inteligente y le gusta leer libros.

Petrona es la menor y le gusta ver televisión.

Edder es muy estudioso le gusta viajar a diferentes lugares del pais.

Robert es un buen muchacho, le gustan los deportes y él es muy chistoso.

Yo soy alto y creativo. Nosotros visitamos a nuestros tíos y a nuestros primos a veces. En

vacaciones vemos a los abuelos. Ellos son estrictos y muy amables.

Yo soy Edinson Leen y tengo 32 años de edad, soy alto, de color moreno, mis ojos son negros,

mi cabello es corto y ondulado, soy delgado, me gusta ver videos en you tuve, especialmente en

ingles para reforzar mis conocimientos. Me gusta la ropa de color azul, preferiblemente la camisa

y en pantalones me gusta llevar jean, en zapatos me gusta los colores negros, no me gusta llevar

puesto reloj, porque llevo la hora en mi celular.

Hola ella es mi hermana su nombre es Petrona

es una persona muy especial para mí siempre está conmigo muchas veces realizamos actividades

juntos ella es muy divertida pero también seria cuando se trata de realizar algún trabajo le gusta

siempre pasarla en familia es divertida y muy cariñosa con toda mi familia una de las buenas

cosas que le gusta hacer es ayudar a los demás.

Ella es alta su cabello es de color negro y lizo, ella le gusta trotar en las mañanas, le gusta ver sus

telenovelas en el canal caracol todas las noches, a ello no le gusta madrugar ni tampoco le gusta

las ensaladas de frutas.

El es mi hermano Edder, el es alto y delgado. Usa gafas. Tiene ojos claros, palo castaño, más bien

tirando a largo y un poquillo rizado.

El tiene 35 años de edad y es mecanico de carro, ya es Casado y tiene 02 hijos una niña de 11

años de edad y se llama caren sofia y el niño de 05 años de edad que se llama maicol jose, mi

hermano vive en Monteria Cordoba en el pais Colombia.

Mi madre se llama farides tiene 55 años de edad y trabaja en un banco como recepcionista, su

cabello es largo de color negro le gusta utilizer gafas por la pantalla del computador que le

molesta por el brillo, a ella le gusta la musica romantica de los años 80.

No le gusta el café sin azucar ni tampoco las pastas de almuerzo, su color favorito es el color

verde oliva.
Mi padre se llama Pedro Antonio tiene 60 años de edad es jubilado por el gobierno y se dedica a

cuidar la casa y la finca es un poco Delgado, le gusta caminar todos los dias y hacer ejercicios en

la mañana, no le gusta dormir hasta tarde, tampoco le gusta la musica en English