CMCN 100 Ch. 2 Hobbs
What are the four levels that make up language?
1. Phonetic 2. Semantic 3. Syntactic 4. Pragmatic
What are the two effects of the printing press?
1. Protestant Reformation 2. American Revolution
What are the 3 forms of the alphabet?
1. Roman 2. Arabic 3. Cyrillic
Who are the two groups responsible for the invention of the alphabet?
1. Sumerians 2. Egyptians
How long would it take for a letter to get from NYC to San Fran?
10 days
When were 200 copies of the bible printed?
1452-1455 A.D.
How many printing shops became a success by the end of the 15th century?
1500
In what year did sign language make its way to America?
1817
When was the first book of braille created?
1829
In what year was the computer invented?
1832
When was the first message ever transmitted and where was to sent from?
1844; from Baltimore to Washington D.C.
When was ENIAC invented?
1845 It took 1 second to spit out 299 computations
In what year was the pony express created?
1858
In what year did the pony express die?
1861
When was the first telephone message sent?
1876
When was the Bell Company created?
1877
In what year was the radio invented?
1901
By what year were there 600 radio station up and running?
1924
In what year was the television invented?
1924
In what year did FDR addressed people that pearl Harbor was attacked via radio?
1941; fireside chats
When was the first color tv invented?
1953
When did the U.S. government release internet to civilians?
1973
In what year was the laptop created?
1981 Weighed 24 lbs
When was Macintosh created?
1983
When was the first cell phone invented?
1983
When did Motorola create the first flip phone?
1989
When did the Egyptians create the alphabet?
2000 B.C.
When did the Sumerians create the alphabet?
2800-2400 B.C.
When did the shortage of papyrus take place?
500 B.C.
How many different people claimed to have invented the type writer?
52
How long did the Chinese keep their paper invention a secret?
650 years until POWs escaped and told the world
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who invented the predecessor to the computer?
Babbage
Who created the "Harbor Mark One"?
Babbage It took 4 seconds to spit out computations
Who created the first "documented" type writer following Turri?
Burt in 1829
When did 95% of the homes have radios in them and why was this important?
By the end of WWII 1945 People found out the stock market crashed via radio
What is the oldest example of written communication and how old is it?
Cave dwellings in France that are 37,000 years old
Which group is responsible for inventing paper?
Chinese in 105 A.D.
Which group is responsible for inventing block printing?
Chinese in 618 A.D.
When did radio transmission and radio station launch reading bible verses?
December 24, 1906
When was the first book printed and what was it called?
Diamond Sutra in 868 A.D.
Which group is responsible for creating papyrus?
Egyptians
Who invented the printing press and when was it invented?
Gutenberg in 1450 A.D.
1960 Nixon/Kennedy Debate:
Half the world had a tv watching and the other half had a radio listening to the debate
When and were did Alexander Graham Bell share his invention with the world?
July 4, 1876 (America's 100th bday) at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
Who invented braille?
Louis Braille
When was the telephone invented?
March 10, 1876
Who invented the radio?
Marconi
Who invented the tv?
Nipkow
In what year was the fastest message delivered?
November 1860; The 10 day journey was cut down to six days to deliver the news that Abraham Lincoln had been elected President of the U.S.
When was the first radio station invented and what was it called?
November 2, 1920 "KDKA" It was important that it launched on this date because of the presidential election
Semanticist
Someone who studies the change of words and their meaning over a period of time
Who invented Macintosh?
Steve Jobs
Which group is responsible for inventing clay tablets?
Sumerians
Who invented the silicon chip?
Texas Instruments in 1958
Syntax
The arrangement of words to form phrases or sentences
Phonemes
The distinctive sounds, unique to each language, that words are composed of.
Phonetic Level
The first level of language where the focus is placed on sounds and the alphabet
Pragmatic Level
The fourth and final level of language that looks at how language is used in social context
Semantic
The second level of language where the focus is placed on words and their meanings
Language
The set of symbols or words that are used to create a system for communicating between individuals
Syntactic Level
The third level of language that focuses on how words are arranged to form phrases and sentences. Ex: subjects and verbs
What was the biggest game changer?
They invention of Macintosh
What was the type writer originally created for?
To help blind people
Who was credited with the invention of the type writer?
Turri in 1808
Who invented the predecessor to the internet called "Arpanet"?
U.S. military in 1969 because they needed a way to communicate via computer (Vietnam War)
Who invented the telegraph and morse code?
William Mors in 1831
