Language Facts
This is the study of language as a science
Linguistics
There have been several new classes introduced to the Linguistics department this year. Name one of them.
Phonology 2, Syntax 2, Sociolinguistics of Spanish (LIGN 42 does not count, it's a seminar, not a class).
What floor of the AP&M building is the Ling lounge located in?
3rd
This architectural style is prominently featured at UCSD, especially in Muir College and Geisel library.
Brutalism
This academy award-winning 2016 science fiction film featured a linguist as its protagonist.
Arrival
American sign language is most closely related to the sign language of this European country.
France
If you take a graduate class in Linguistics, its course number will begin with this digit.
2 (200's)
Andrea and Luca
Geisel library is named after Theodore Geisel, the legal name of this famous children's author.
Doctor Seuss
William Shatner spoke this constructed langauge in the 1966 horror film Incubus.
Esperanto
Studies show that the second-born child of a family acquires these types of pronouns more quickly than the first child.
Second-person plural pronouns
Will Styler is hosting this class as a seminar this quarter, and hopefully it'll become a full class in future quarters.
Linguistics of Memes or LIGN42
Who holds the position of the UCSD Linguistics department Chair?
Eric Baković
In Warren College, there is a series of neon words affixed to one of the engineering buildings. What is the name of this piece of the Stuart Art Collection?
Vices and Virtues
This New York Times bestseller by Gretchen McCulloch brought widespread interest to how digital communication has affected our language
Because Internet
Professor John Wells at the University of London has done research looking into different dialects amongst these animals.
Cows
Comics (also accepted: manga)
This UCSD Alumni created conlangs for IPs such as Game of Thrones and The 100. They also had a guest speaker section this past week!
David J. Peterson
This nickname for 7th college's dorms comes from the area's trees, central lawn, and cabin-like dorms.
Camp Snoopy
This universal translation device from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was also the name of Yahoo's first machine translation service.
Babel Fish
What country has the highest number of spoken local languages?
Papua New Guinea
I hear that this Linguistics specialization is the only one with a statistics requirement...
Speech and Language Sciences
These two syntactically fantastic professors are the two newest Linguistics faculty members.
Michelle Yuan and Emily Clem
This UCSD college is the only one not to have a market within its grounds.
Eleanor Roosevelt College
This Mythbusters host has a degree in Russian linguistics.
Jaime Hyneman