PPT-1 The Properties of Human Language

Unique system of communication Informative signals signals which you have not intentionally sent body language Communicative signals signals you use intentionally to communicate something. . H. uman language has properties that make it so unique. These properties make it different from any other communication system and any other creature.. We will first . look at some special properties of human language, then review a number of. Reflexivity:. It is one of the distinguishing features of human. language. It simply means that we can use language to . carefully think and talk about language itself. Other . creatures can not reflect on the way they create their . Introduction. All creatures are capable of communicating with other members of their species. However, only the human creature has the capacity for speech. We will concentrate on the properties which differentiate human language from all other forms of signaling and which make it a unique type of communication system.. There are a lot of stories about creatures that can talk. We usually assume that they are fantasy (vision) or fiction (invented story) or that they involve birds or animals simply imitating something they have heard humans say. Jun Hong Kim. A few facts. Oldest evidence for written language: about 6000 years ago, among relics of Sumerian civilization.. Speech allows us to communicate information at an exceeding rapid rate.. We simply don’t know how language originated. . We do know that the ability to produce sound and simple vocal patterning (a hum versus a grunt, for example) appears to be in an ancient part of the brain that we share with all vertebrates, including fish, frogs, birds and. Jordan Zlatev. Lecture 5. Body and brain for language. 1. Projects. Spell out your main question(s). Make sure that it is relevant to language origins!. Define your main terms: “language”, “gesture”, “cognition”, “adaptation”, “culture” – at least provisionally. CIA, CRMA, CISA, CISM. , CGEIT, CRISC. , CFE. 13 April, 2016. noel_haskins-hafer@intuit.com. Disclaimer. Unless otherwise specified, the views expressed in this presentation are my own, and not those of any other individual or individuals connected with my current or former employers. . Lecture 5. Body and brain for language. 1. Projects. Spell out your main question(s). Make sure that it is relevant to language origins!. Define your main terms: “language”, “gesture”, “cognition”, “adaptation”, “culture” – at least provisionally. What is NLP?. “Natural” languages. English, . Hindi, . French, Swahili, Arabic, . Bangla, . ….. NOT Java, C++, Perl, …. Ultimate goal: Natural human-to-computer communication. Sub-field of Artificial Intelligence, but very interdisciplinary. on how language might have evolved gradually Pinker 2003 continues to argue that humans were equipped by the coevolutionary process with specialized innate mechanisms to manage language acquisition . Linguistics. Preview. Introduction. : . importance. . of. . language. Communication. systems. Functions. . of. . language. . Universal. . properties. . of. . language. Definitions. . of. Learning . Objectives. At the conclusion of the chapter, the student will be able to:. State the closure properties applicable to regular languages. Prove that regular languages are closed under union, concatenation, star-closure, complementation, and intersection. Communicating in new ways. Sharing ideas. Employing multimedia. Improving human sensory perception. People interact with each other in myriad ways.. Interaction can take many other forms, including eye contact, tonal quality, and even scent..