The Pattern of Language

Baker, Sidney J.

doi:10.1080/00221309.1950.9920146

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“…This is to be expected for several reasons. First, frequency is correlated with the number of dictionary meanings (Baker, 1950;Köhler, 1986;Thorndike, 1948;Zipf, 1945Zipf, , 1949, and speakers prefer to semantically extend frequent as opposed to infrequent forms (Harmon & Kapatsinski, 2017).…”

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Sensory Linguistics

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2019

Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research

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Chapter 1. Sensory linguistics 1.1. Introduction Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling, hearing, tasting, and smelling. Everything we do, everything we feel, everything we know, is mediated through the senses. Because the senses are so important to us, it is not surprising that all languages have resources for talking about the content of sensory perception. Miller and Johnson-Laird (1976, p. 3) remind us that "word-percept associations are fundamental" to language. Rakova (2003, p. 34) says that we do not have words "just because it is nice for us to have them," but because they are "devices that connect us to the external world." In fact, without the ability to express perceptual content, language would be useless. "Sensory linguistics" is the study of how language relates to the senses. It addresses such fundamental questions as: How are sensory perceptions packaged into words? Which perceptual qualities are easier to talk about than others? How do languages differ in how perception is encoded? And how do words relate to the underlying perceptual systems in the brain? The time is ripe for bringing these questions and many others together. Research into the connection between language and perception has a long tradition in the language sciences. Among other things, researchers have looked at how many words there are for particular sensory modalities (e.g., Viberg, 1983), how frequently particular sensory perceptions are talked about (e.g., San

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“…Thus, it is not enough to strive for a world of one universal brotherhood and of one universal tongue. One must push on beyond zebra to a world of free-floating individualists who accept themselves and each other well enough not even to have to talk at all (Baker 1950). Let us shrug, grunt, wink, and sigh our way to freedom!…”

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“…And in modern days, as in earlier ones, it plays down language per se (and, of course, language differences and language diversity) as unimportant at best, and as highly undesirable at worst. At most, mankind needs but one tongue, and even then 'at most' (Baker 1950). The ultimate blessing is that of silence, of phatic communion, of smiles, of kisses, of hugs, of sunsets and sunups, of flowers, and of love.…”

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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1978: International Dimensions of Bilingual Education

Matluck¹,

Mace-Matluck²,

Alatis³

1980

The Modern Language Journal

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Ever since 1950, scholars in linguistics and related disciplines have assembled each year on this campus for the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. This evening, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor and a pleasure for me to welcome you, on behalf of the University, to this 29th Round Table . In May, 1977, at a meeting sponsored by the National Institute of Education on the subject 'Dimensions of Bilingualism', Dr. E. Glyn Lewis pointed out to me that there had never been a conference on the international dimensions of bilingualism, and suggested that this might be a topic for a Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. I agreed with his proposal, asked his help in organizing such a conference, and requested that he be one of the speakers. Thus for the initial inspiration, for the choice of speakers, for the selection and ordering of topics, I am indebted to his wise counsel and help. He also kindly agreed to write an Introduction and Conclusion to the series of papers presented. Consequently, it is no exaggeration to say that this international conference on the International Dimensions of Bilingualism is as much his work as mine.Of course, bilingual education has been a concern in the United States for many years, and passage of the Title VII Act has emphasized this concern. But many of the issues of bilingual education reach beyond national boundaries, and so it is now important-as Dr. Lewis so wisely foresaw-to consider the interrelationships between national and international needs for bilingual education.I know that you look forward, as I do, to hearing the more than 40 distinguished speakers who will address the conference on the many vital aspects of this year's Round Table theme, 'International Dimensions in Bilingual Education'. And so once IX x / Welcoming Remarks again I welcome you to Georgetown University, and to the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1978. Thank you.

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“…I n his book, The Wisdom of the Body, Walter B. Cannon (8) has formulated the principle of homeostasis. H e says: "Organisms, composed of material which is characterised by the utmost inconstancy and unsteadiness, have somehow learned the methods of maintaining constancy and keeping steady in the presence of conditions which might reasonably be expected to prove profoundly disturbing."…”

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