Story Lab, Week 12
For this Story Lab, I decided to watch the short video series over Language, Grammar, and Punctuation.
1. How Languages Evolve by Alex Gendler.
As people spread out in the world, so did their language. It is undeterminable as to whether or not all languages have a common ancestor, and there are more than 3,000 languages in the world because it is difficult to determine whether something is a language or just a dialect.
2. How did English Evolve? by Kate Gardoqui.
Anglo-Saxon is what we call "Old English". Fighting broke the land in half, between Saxons and Danes. Danes spoke a language called Old Norse. Old Norse mixed with Old English and came up with new words. War happened again and split the country into two levels, French-speaking aristocracy and Old-English-speaking peasants. The French also brought Roman Catholic clergymen, who added some Latin into the language mix as well. Old English adapted and expanded.
3. How many Verb Tenses are There in English? by Anna Ananichuk.
Grammatical tense is how languages talk about time without specifically naming time periods. At first, you think there are 3 verb tenses, but there are actually 12.
4. Are Elvish, Klingdon, Dothraki, and Na'vi Real Languages? by John McWhorter.
A real language has grammar, real languages also change over time, and real languages are messy. Elvish has all of these, but Elvish is more of a sketch for a language rather than a real one. Dothraki, Na'vi, and Klingdon are developed enough that you could actually speak them.
5. Where do new words come from? by Marcel Danesi.
New words can come from cutting and mending parts of words together. Sometimes new words are old words that have adopted new meaning.
6. How to use a Semicolon by Emma Bryce.
Semicolons reunite two independent clauses that benefit from each other's company. Semicolons can replace a conjunction to shorten a sentence or give it some variety, but should not be placed before or after a conjunction.
7. When to use Apostrophes by Laura McClure.
You can use apostrophes to mark possession, contraction, or plural of single letters.
8. Does Grammar Matter? by Andreea S. Calude.
Grammar makes communication easier for non-natives of the language background. Grammar is thought of as as a set of linguistic habits.
1. How Languages Evolve by Alex Gendler.
As people spread out in the world, so did their language. It is undeterminable as to whether or not all languages have a common ancestor, and there are more than 3,000 languages in the world because it is difficult to determine whether something is a language or just a dialect.
2. How did English Evolve? by Kate Gardoqui.
Anglo-Saxon is what we call "Old English". Fighting broke the land in half, between Saxons and Danes. Danes spoke a language called Old Norse. Old Norse mixed with Old English and came up with new words. War happened again and split the country into two levels, French-speaking aristocracy and Old-English-speaking peasants. The French also brought Roman Catholic clergymen, who added some Latin into the language mix as well. Old English adapted and expanded.
3. How many Verb Tenses are There in English? by Anna Ananichuk.
Grammatical tense is how languages talk about time without specifically naming time periods. At first, you think there are 3 verb tenses, but there are actually 12.
4. Are Elvish, Klingdon, Dothraki, and Na'vi Real Languages? by John McWhorter.
A real language has grammar, real languages also change over time, and real languages are messy. Elvish has all of these, but Elvish is more of a sketch for a language rather than a real one. Dothraki, Na'vi, and Klingdon are developed enough that you could actually speak them.
5. Where do new words come from? by Marcel Danesi.
New words can come from cutting and mending parts of words together. Sometimes new words are old words that have adopted new meaning.
6. How to use a Semicolon by Emma Bryce.
Semicolons reunite two independent clauses that benefit from each other's company. Semicolons can replace a conjunction to shorten a sentence or give it some variety, but should not be placed before or after a conjunction.
7. When to use Apostrophes by Laura McClure.
You can use apostrophes to mark possession, contraction, or plural of single letters.
8. Does Grammar Matter? by Andreea S. Calude.
Grammar makes communication easier for non-natives of the language background. Grammar is thought of as as a set of linguistic habits.
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