Learning Journal 1

[Are Oelsner - 아리]

Reading the articles, I was interested in the one on how our brains handle language and speech. I didn't realize how complex the brain's response to hearing sound or creating speech is. I was also interested in the second articles notion of meaning and sense. l thought it was interesting when they wrote that isolated words can have too much meaning, and that in order for you to completely convey your intentions you often need to use other words to narrow down that meaning and give the reader a better idea of the sense you are trying to convey. I also thought it was interesting to think about how words are connected to each other in lexemes, and how often you know what someone is talking about in English based on indirect references.