语言学专业课程:文字符号在人类语言与翻译中的逻辑关联
Linguistic Encoding: Writing Systems, Emojis and Signs
课题难度:General
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Course Arrangement
课程安排
招生状态:招生中
课程时间:2024-03-09 ~ 2024-09-22
课程形式:Neoschool平台直播
课时安排:5周科研策略与论文写作课程+10周专业知识拓展课程&2周考核+6周线上科研研讨组会,课程时长共91课时,为期23周
Course Description
课程描述
课程背景
语言对每个人来说都是不同的,因为每一个图案,符号,单词,字体对于每个人都有着不一样的含义。比如双手合并在日本的文化中是表示感谢的意思,而在西方人们会认为这个动作和宗教祈祷个人修为相挂钩。除了文化差异让每个人理解方向不同以外,个人的经历也会造成很大的差异,毕竟内向外向性格的人,激进和保守态度的人都是因为经历不同才会对又不同的处世原则进而语言在他们心中对应的事物也不同。便是因为有了些许这般的变化,语言就文字本身的含义而言是不断进化的。
课程目标
在这门课程中,我们研究了一系列不同于语音的编码系统:所有主要类型的文字系统(包括汉字、苏美尔楔形文字、埃及象形文字和玛雅字形),通过目前的数据追踪这些系统的发展,因为表情符号作为语言编码的一种手段占据非常重要的位置。很明显,这些系统在语义和语音描述之间不断进行协商:一端是纯粹的表意符号,而另一端是试图捕捉声音的准确发音,事实上,几乎每一个系统都处于两者之间。这些都是每个编码系统必须做出的选择和权衡。该课程将为学员提供研究方法的知识,这些方法可用于理解语言学和相关领域的关键概念,如声学、心理学和人类学,学会如何整合跨时间和空间的语言的多样性,使用语言作为一种信息,了解人类历史和文化理论,语言学习和大脑的生物机制,以及语言在身份结构中的社会用途。
Course background
Language is different for each individual because every pattern, symbol, word, and font carries unique meanings for each person. For example, in Japanese culture, bringing together one's hands signifies gratitude, whereas in Western countries, people might associate this gesture with religious prayer or personal spirituality. Apart from cultural differences that lead to varied interpretations, personal experiences also introduce significant disparities. After all, introverted and extroverted personalities, as well as individuals with progressive or conservative attitudes, develop different approaches to navigating life due to their diverse experiences. As a result, the concepts associated with language in their minds can also differ. It's precisely due to these subtle changes that language, in terms of the meanings conveyed through words, is in a constant state of evolution.
Course objective
In this course, we explore a range of encoding systems distinct from speech: all major types of writing systems, including Chinese characters, Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan glyphs. Through current data, we trace the evolution of these systems, as emoticons and emojis hold a significant place as a means of encoding language. Clearly, these systems negotiate a constant interplay between semantics and phonetic description: on one end lie purely ideographic symbols, while on the other end are attempts to capture the precise pronunciation of sound. In fact, nearly every system falls somewhere in between, making choices and trade-offs that all encoding systems must grapple with. This course will equip participants with knowledge of research methods applicable to understanding key concepts in linguistics and related fields, such as acoustics, psychology, and anthropology. You'll learn to integrate linguistic diversity across time and space, use language as information, comprehend theories of human history and culture, explore language acquisition and the biological mechanisms of the brain, and understand the social functions of language in identity structures.
Suitable For
适合人群
对语言学、文学、声学、心理学、教育学、人类学等专业感兴趣,以及未来希望从事语言教学或相关教育行业的学生
Professor Introduction
导师介绍
Andrew Nevins
伦敦大学学院终身教授
伦敦大学学院语言学终身教授
曾任哈佛大学语言学终身教授
美国语言学会项目委员会联合
牛津大学理论语言学研究顾问
加拿大语言学杂志编辑委员会成员
美国科学基金会、葡萄牙科学基金会评审员
《自然语言与语言理论》《美国语言学国际期刊》等期刊审稿人
研究方向 Research Interests
Phonetics and phonology 语音学和音位学
Syntactics 句法学
Semantics 语义学
Language Acquisition 语言习得
Speech and language impairment 语言障碍
Language Education for Children 儿童语言教育
Course Syllabus
课程大纲
1. 书写系统中语言学的特点
3. 音节文字 vs. 字形文字
3. 辅音 vs. 元音
4. 口哨语和鼓语的语言学特点
5. 手势和姿势的语言学特点
6. 图像的语言学特点
7. 文学语言学特点
1. The Linguistics of Writing Systems
2. Syllabaries vs Logograms
3. Consonants vs Vowels
4. The Linguistics of Whistled and Drum Language
5. The Linguistics of Sign and Gesture
6. The Linguistics of Pictorial Images
7. The Linguistics of Literary
Student Papers
往期学员论文
Contrasting and Analyzing Machine and Human Translation: A Case Study on Red Sorghum
对比和分析机器和人工翻译: 以红高粱为例
Morphological Analysis and Communicative Effect on Neologisms During Covid-19 Pandemic
新冠肺炎大流行期间新词的形态分析及交际效应
Research on Internet Nicknames from the Perspective of Sociolinguistics
社会语言学视角下的网络昵称研究
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其他资料
AndrewNevins_CV.pdf
AndrewNevins_Syllabus.pdf
相关论文.pdf
录取案例.pdf
论文常见问题.pdf
课程日历.pdf