Linguistics I: The nature of Symbols

[@minervafernandez9950]

Thanks so much. 👍👍👍

[@nancyl53]

They taught us this some months ago in school, but only a little tiny bit, so it's really interesting for me to listen to you talking about it. I really like and appreciate the work you do Mr. Tuggy, I always learn something new. I'm looking forward to watch the Spanish version too, just in case I didn't quite catch something

[@BlimpMcGee]

Wow, the animations are next level, great job Dr. Tuggy

[@davidtuggyt]

Glad you like them!

[@kenpens]

Hello Mr. Tuggy I have came here from one of your daughters KZbin videos titled “MY BRAIN HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN” , I also found your daughter’s channel from one of your other daughter Heather who was my 7th Grade digital arts class . Well I hope your are doing well and I hope to learn a lot. 👍

[@davidtuggyt]

Heather and Holly are not just my kids but two of my favorite people. I'm glad you have gotten to know Heather personally and Holly electronically. Good to meet you!

[@Aikman94]

Dr Tuggy. Since the very first moment I wanted to become proficient in English, I also wanted to know what linguistics is all about. You're making it happen! Muchas gracias, Dr Tuggy, por compartir su saber con nosotros. Un abrazo.

[@andrulemon]

Dr,,, can we raise money to get you a better audio setup? Your knowledge is so priceless

[@davidtuggyt]

Ay, yo pensaba que ya no era tanto problema. Yo lo oigo bien en mi computadora. ¿Qué pasa, no se oye, o se oye muy distorsionado, o qué? Dang! I thought that was more or less fixed. I hear it fine on my computer. What happens, is it not loud enough (like before) or is it muffled or distorted, or what?

[@andrulemon]

@@davidtuggyt No es que sea tan malo, pero con un buen microfono ($USD 100) si se mejora mucho la experiencia de los videos. 🤗

[@davidtuggyt]

¡Ay! Ya tengo un micrófono que debería de servir, pero me da flojera. Si grabo el sonido aparte del video (y no sé grabar conjuntamente en un sólo formato con micrófono separado) creo que me va a hacer tardar mucho más tiempo jugando con la edición. (Ya me cuesta mucho más de lo que quisiera.) Voy a mantener en mente tu recomendación.

[@andrulemon]

@@davidtuggyt nosotros te vamos a seguir viendo, pero el microfono ayudaria para tener mayor alcance. 💚

[@Aikman94]

@@davidtuggyt Puede hacer un Patreon, nos encantaría hacer una comunidad de aprendizaje de Lingüística.

[@normaquesada7307]

I learned a lot from your video. Your explanations are clear and the visuals really helpful. I look forward to the next video in the series. Thanks.

[@mariacebrecos303]

I want you to know how much I value your teaching. So well explained, either in English or Spanish. You're beyond compare.

[@s.ybarra9991]

Ni en inglés le hace caso

[@mariacebrecos303]

@@s.ybarra9991 Like water off a ducks' back. Stick and stones...

[@s.ybarra9991]

@@mariacebrecos303 HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[@Gabriel-jp5dl]

Honestamente, no tenía ni la más mínima idea que algo así me interesaría tanto.

[@davidtuggyt]

Aun mayor gusto me da, entonces, habértelo podido mostrar.

[@Aikman94]

Gotta love Linguistics with Dr Tuggy!

[@samueltavera3744]

Looking forward this video series!!!, ¡muchas gracias, Mr. Tuggy!

[@xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322]

Thanks for Video. Kali in Tunica language means to stand up and Calli in Nahuatl means House. I can see a connection there in standing up a house or building a house. One thing i truly enjoy is how languages continually evolve, best modern examples are acronyms in the vernacular like Laser, or where a word has a denotation but also carries a connotation and likely how false friends are created.

[@EM-td9rn]

Uan motoka Tlake kiijtosneki? Cerro de las Flores Ángel camina? Uelis explicar

[@xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322]

@@EM-td9rn Entendi algo de mi Nombre. Disculpas hablo mejor Ingles que Español o Nahuatl. Xochitl Tepetl Tzallan (Flor en medio de las Montañas) y Ilhuicamina( Fletchador del cielo) so nombres de mi abuelo y de mi padre respectivamente.

[@davidtuggyt]

What continually amazes me is how you can take extremely diverse ideas (meanings, if you like) and, once you start looking, find connections where you would not expect them. Does kali in Tunica mean to stand up (yourself), or to stand something else up?

[@xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322]

@@davidtuggyt In the book "a Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha, and Atakapa languages" by John R Swanton, it does not specify it just means to stand or stand up. In my crazy theory the Tunica tribe or Yoron/Yuron are the Mexica Yopico Calpulli. Also descended from Tenek or Huastec Maya of Veracruz,Hidalgo, SLP, Mexico or as the Aztecs called the Cuexteca. Tama in Huastec is meeting place, Tam means residence, place or site and in Tunica Tama means to beg but also Mountain or residence and town.

[@EM-td9rn]

@@xochiltepetzalailhuicamina2322 Huasteka NAHUATL.

[@abassalih8701]

Thank you Mr. Tuggy for your nice, useful and easy to understand videos. I have really learned and much benefitted from them as you have made some difficult concepts and ideas of cognitive linguistics and cognitive grammar (CG)easy to comprehend. I am wondering if you have any plans on doing other videos about some grammatical categories like voice and modal auxiliaries in CG! I am looking forward to seeing more videos. Thank you

[@InsistentlyInterdisciplinary]

What an excellent introduction!

[@alemf06]

Voy a ver los videos en español y en inglés. Así, refuerzo lo que aprendí y practico el idioma también. Muchas gracias por su esfuerzo y por su tiempo. Me interesa muchísimo lo que explica.

[@Aikman94]

Exacto. A mí me gusta más en inglés porque es más directo.

[@MrSmokingMountains]

Thank you again for keep sharing your knowledge, sir.

[@sinodonthius]

Thanks so much. Your explanations about linguistics matter is quite clear that it is easy to to understand it. ¿Podría hacer un video sobre Pierce o sobre la différence entre la sémiotique y la semántica desde un lado y otro del atlántico? Muchas gracias. Aprecio mucho sus video.

[@davidtuggyt]

Pueda que lo mencione en algún video, aunque no soy experto en Pierce y toda esa controversia.

[@sinodonthius]

@@davidtuggyt Muchas gracias cada vidéo es

[@sinodonthius]

Cada vidéo suyo es esclareceredor. Entiendo que muchas veces las controversias entre diferentes perspectivas o escuela sobre un tema desvían un poco la atención sobre tema u objeto de estudio en cuestión. De todas formas cada que veo uno de sus video desempolvando algun libro o fotocopias de lingüística.

[@NanaSasaki7w7]

Thanks for the information. Now I have a clear idea about language concepts. I need a morphosyntax video, please I'd appreciate it. 👀♥️

[@davidtuggyt]

We’ll get there, but it will take a while.

[@arelybeltran7545]

Hi Mr Tuggy ¿El vídeo también estará en español?

[@davidtuggyt]

Sí, debe estar en un rato (tal vez una hora?) (El proceso de publicación es lento. Hago primero la versión en inglés porque así la versión en español es la última y le dan mayor prominencia así.)

[@arelybeltran7545]

@@davidtuggyt Excelente, muchas gracias por el grandioso contenido que comparte

[@yolalopez3640]

Hi Mr David!!✨✨✨✨✨✨✨😊🙋‍♀️🇲🇽

[@davidtuggyt]

Hi, you were the first to comment!

[@EM-td9rn]

Yola Te haz ganado el premio de.............. Taran......................................... La satisfacción de ser la primera.

[@davegraham7550]

Tall, taller = iconic by length

[@davidtuggyt]

Yes, temporal length is not the same as height, and this in certainly not onomatopoeia, but there is still a naturalness or parallelism of some sort going on. A whole lot of “synaesthetic” effects show up here. Too many linguists have dubbed them “not interesting” because there’s no prediction to be had, but I continue to think they’re important if you want to understand instead of just predict.

[@leaz2715]

aqui voy a aprender uwu

[@lisaanaya1430]

I've realized that more spanish speaker people watch these videos that the English people.

[@davidtuggyt]

Is that good, or bad? (Holly's channel is the same, to the point that she's almost stopped making the English videos. It is a lot of work to do it in both languages.)

[@lisaanaya1430]

@@davidtuggyt I consider that Latin people have more interest in these topics than the american people. Besides the latin people are more interested to learn english and compare both languages, english and spanish. I speak spanish but i like watching your videos first in english then spanish. You always talk about very interesting topics.

[@servantrose]

@@davidtuggyt interesting. my chilean friend sent me here when he found out i am highly interested in linguistics. thanks for doing them in english but I'd also watch in spanish (with subtitles hahaha)

[@servantrose]

@@lisaanaya1430 agreed, americans (US) have a very low interest in language in general, especially in learning a second language. whereas in other parts of the world, it is fairly common to learn a 2nd language from infancy.

[@radiotelefonia]

Gracias por este video. Son conceptos que de alguna manera aprendí en la universidad acá, en inglés, cuando hacía la maestría como maestro de inglés como segundo idioma. Al no escucharlo en español, la cosa es más intensa al ser mi idioma pasivo. De hecho, fue mi primera cursada universitaria en un idioma distinto y me hace pensar muchas veces lo difícil que hubiera sido hacerlo hace veinte años atrás cuando, si bien sabía inglés, no era todavía bilingüe. Le dejo un tango que grabé ayer. Hasta la próxima. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnOsdGiqfaiNpsk

[@davidtuggyt]

Un placer el tango. ¡Gracias! Dime si ayuda la versión en español. A mí me ayuda expresarlo en los dos idiomas.

[@EM-td9rn]

El tango suena como una pianola.

[@EM-td9rn]

@@davidtuggyt David. Nouampox May be you can tell us La música de aztor piazzola Es una locura maravillosa. Creo yo. Solo comparada con Le vals de maurice ravel Nechpaktiskia miak.

[@radiotelefonia]

@@EM-td9rn Es un MIDI, pero intento darle un sonido realista.