languagemind语言和思维教案.ppt

Language is a mirror of the mind in a deep and significant sense. It’s a product of human intelligence, created anew in each individual by operations that lie far beyond the reach of will or consciousness. ---Chomsky, Reflections on language, 1975 Related subject Neurolinguistics(神经语言学) ? Aphasia (失语症) The structure of the human brain Brain stem (脑干 Cerebrum (大脑 Cortex (大脑皮层): vs. Left Right Language centers Broca’s area Speech production Syntax (句法) Wernicke’s area Speech comprehension Semantics (语意) Aphasia (失语症) Broca’s aphasia Q: What did you have for breakfast? A: I eggs and ate and drink coffee breakfast. Wernicke’s aphasia I felt worse because I can no longer kept in mind from the mind of the minds to keep me from mind and up to the ear which can be found among ourselves Thought needs language Language is a tool of thought Without thoughts, language is nothing What if you are living in 300,000 years ago when language has not yet been fully developed? Do we use language when we are thinking? Language Thought Language shapes thought combine with each other Different terms for the same thing … * * 苏榕、肖熊一鸣、朱铃璧 Language Mind Brains and language Basic concepts Language and thoughts Contents 1 2 3 1. Basic Concepts What’s language and mind? 2. Language Brains Brains are the biological foundation of human language. 2. Language Brains science arts Brains and Language Chapter 1 3.Language Thoughts The relationship between language and thoughts I want to eat pizza Hey,what are you thinking? Oh,I am thinking that I want to eat pizze THANKS The ability of humans to speak and to understand speech requires an enormous amount of brain resources. These resources have to manage information about many thousands of words and many syntactic constructions and their interconnections, not just to one another but to meanings and to the structures that allow us to recognize the sounds of speech and to move the muscles of our mouths t