Student Name: Taryn Rostovsky
Project Title: Languages and the Evolution of Words
Project Title: Languages and the Evolution of Words
Project Description:
Languages and the Evolution of Words explores the idea of linguistics and focuses on the origin of the English language. Graphic design is the art of presenting ideas, opinions, and experiences with visual content. Like graphic design, words are a form of communication and a way to express a concept from one thing to another. This thesis is a study of how new words become part of our daily dialect.
My body of work emphasizes the research behind these questions:What is the derivation of the dictionary and how is it decided what words are worthy enough of an addition? What were some of the first-known words? How did people learn to speak the same words and understand each other? Whatmakes a word complete? If writing began after language did, how do people know when language was first used?
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Languages and the Evolution of Words explores the idea of linguistics and focuses on the origin of the English language. Graphic design is the art of presenting ideas, opinions, and experiences with visual content. Like graphic design, words are a form of communication and a way to express a concept from one thing to another. This thesis is a study of how new words become part of our daily dialect.
My body of work emphasizes the research behind these questions:What is the derivation of the dictionary and how is it decided what words are worthy enough of an addition? What were some of the first-known words? How did people learn to speak the same words and understand each other? Whatmakes a word complete? If writing began after language did, how do people know when language was first used?
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