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Study Linguistics at the U of S!Learn a new language, find out about the human language, choose an exciting career!Studying the Human LanguageWhat is Language?

Do animals have language too?We can do things with language that animals cannot do in their means of communication.Or do you know many dogs who will have a conversation about what they had for lunch last Monday?2As a linguist, you have the skills, tools, and training to create languages: DothrakiTo preserve and document languages: The LinguistsWe will have a public screening of The Linguists at the U of S, October 27, 7 pm, Arts Building, Neatby Timlin Theatre, Arts 241Inventing new and documenting existing languagesLanguage is what makes us humanAs human beings, we are born with the ability to acquire any language. When there isnt one, we are able to create one Nicaraguan Sign Language was created by deaf children in a school for the deaf. Instead of learning an existing sign language, they created their own, which is now the official sign language of Nicaragua.

http://usielhumanbrain.blogspot.ca/2013/05/cerebral-hemispheres.html. September 2015Language is connected to cognitionLeft hemisphere dominance for languageThere is considerable variation as to how strong that dominance is. There is a tendency for women and left-handers to be more bilateral. No one knows why that is.Lets see how strong your left hemisphere is:Language creates identity-Local terms identify us: bunnyhugDifferent accents identify us: Canadian raising:Knife vs. knivesEh?

The Canadian Language Museum has exhibits on Inuktitut, Cree, English, French and a lively twitter discussing languages in Canada

What will you learn in the Linguistics Program?

Write and describe soundsLearn how we produce soundsSound ProductionSee what the sounds look like!

How words are formedFun with New Words:We create new words all the time:Can you guess the meaning of the following made-up words?Trilemma?Huggle?Outrance?Prefixes RapHow language changesThe history of English in 10 minutesHow sentences are formed and what happens in our brains when something goes goofy:

Garden Path SentencesThe prime number few.Fat people eat accumulates.The cotton clothing is usually made of grows in Mississippi.Until the police arrest the drug dealers control the street.The man who hunts ducks out on weekends.Modern Linguistics is the SCIENTIFIC STUDY of LanguageIt is interdisciplinary and intersects with many fields:

Sociology: when gender or class influences language useNeuroscience: what our brains do when processing languageSpeech Language Pathology: How we can help when language is impairedPsychology: How our minds are affected by languageComputer Science: language recognition in computers (Apples Siri and Windows 10s Cortana), online dictionaries, search enginesTeaching: Teaching languages in Canada and worldwideHistory/Archeology/Anthropology: how peoples migrations influence language contact and language changeMathematics: use formal language to determine meaningPhilosophy: what it means to be human And many more..Speech and Language PathologyEducation, language teaching, language testing: Teaching English Abroad: 20,000 ESL Jobs Posted Monthly. We even have internships at the UofS to get your startedEditingTranslationActing, accent coachingForensic LinguisticsLanguage Documentation, Preservation, and Development: Navajo Language AcademyLanguage CreationOnline dictionaries, speech recognition, search algorithms (Software and game companies are hiring linguists too)

What careers are possible?Where to start?Ling 111 Language Structures (Term 1)Learn about the components of language structure sounds, words, sentences, meaningLing 112 Language Dynamics (Term 2)Learn about language history, social functions of language, first and second language acquisition, animal communication

Linguistics 3yr, 4yr, Honours BALinguistics component in the Modern Languages Degree (6 cu Ling (+12?)): Learn a new language such as Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Cree,

Natalia Terekhova: Heritage Language Maintenance among ChildrenAdvantages:SmarterBetter opportunitiesEasier learningIntergeneration communicationContrys strengthFindings:Better language performanceChildren want to know both languages

www.zazzle.cabilingual_russian_shirts-235371856528690910Going further: Masters Degree in LinguisticsGholamreza Haghighat:

Attitudes about Taarof among Iranian Immigrants in CanadaTa'arof is a way of being polite that is specific to Iranian culture. Did you ever invite someone to your house, when you really dont want them to come, but you almost feel like you have to invite them?Did you ever proceed to pay at a grocery store, even though the cashier said something to the effect of no go ahead, its a gift?Did you ever go to someones house and you are sitting at the dinner table, and the host offers you more food, even though your dinner plate was full?Did you ever offer to pay for your own meal when eating with older relatives, even though you more or less knew they would get it for you? Thats Taarof