2015年10月3日 星期六

week 3 chapter 3-4 (English Vocabulary and Etymology)



1.Tower of Babel(refers to the Hebrew bible or the old testament )
the story is humanity,who came from east to build a city and tower, also live together with single language in the land of Shinar,but when the god came down and visit them,he confused them with different languages and scattered them around the world.



Vocabulary

1. Gen- prefix means"that which produce"
Example.
Generation(all the people who born in the same time)
 Generator(a machine that produce electricity)
Genesis( the beginning of the origin of something)

2.Sub-under,nearly,secondary
Example.
Subsidized(means give money to somebody need help)
Subtropical(means some region that near the tropical area)
Subplot(secondary story ,novel, plot )

3.Euphoric /yuˈfɔr ɪk, -ˈfɒr-/ adjective-intensely happy or confident
Example-She was euphoric when she received the Oscar.

The video
How Language envolve Alex Gendler-
The origin of language in the human species has been the topic of scholarly discussions for several centuries. In spite of this, there is no consensus on the ultimate origin or age of human language. One problem makes the topic difficult to study: the lack of direct evidence. Consequently, scholars wishing to study the origins of language must draw inferences from other kinds of evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons between human language and systems of communication existing among other animals (particularly other primates). Many argue that the origins of language probably relate closely to the origins of modern human behavior, but there is little agreement about the implications and directionality of this connection.




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