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"Good afternoon.
I've decided that we're going to look at the Rosetta Stone today. How many of you know what that is?
For those of you who don't, the Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).
The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.
The first was hieroglyphic which was the script used for important or religious documents. Anyone give me an example there?
The second was demotic which was the common script of Egypt.
The third was Greek which was the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time.
The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said.
It was carved in 196BC, and was dicovered by French soldiers in 1799, whilst they rebuilding a fort in small village in the Delta called Rosetta, or Rashid. Hence, the name, Rosetta stone.
The Rosetta Stone was found in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta (Rashid).
The Rosetta Stone is a text written by a group of priests in Egypt to honour the Egyptian pharaoh. It lists all of the things that the pharaoh has done that are good for the priests and the people of Egypt.
Many people worked on deciphering hieroglyphs over several hundred years. However, the structure of the script was very difficult to work out. After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and other examples of ancient Egyptian writing, Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822. Champollion could read both Greek and coptic.
He was able to figure out what the seven demotic signs in coptic were. By looking at how these signs were used in coptic he was able to work out what they stood for. Then he began tracing these demotic signs back to hieroglyphic signs.
By working out what some hieroglyphs stood for, he could make educated guesses about what the other hieroglyphs stood for.
This is an example of applied linguistics
Now, for homework, I want you to either write me a two pages on other examples of applying linguistics, or, I want you to try and apply your own lingustic skills to something; whether they are skills you already had before starting this class, or have learnt so far.
I'm here if you need me."
I've decided that we're going to look at the Rosetta Stone today. How many of you know what that is?
For those of you who don't, the Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).
The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.
The first was hieroglyphic which was the script used for important or religious documents. Anyone give me an example there?
The second was demotic which was the common script of Egypt.
The third was Greek which was the language of the rulers of Egypt at that time.
The Rosetta Stone was written in all three scripts so that the priests, government officials and rulers of Egypt could read what it said.
It was carved in 196BC, and was dicovered by French soldiers in 1799, whilst they rebuilding a fort in small village in the Delta called Rosetta, or Rashid. Hence, the name, Rosetta stone.
The Rosetta Stone was found in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta (Rashid).
The Rosetta Stone is a text written by a group of priests in Egypt to honour the Egyptian pharaoh. It lists all of the things that the pharaoh has done that are good for the priests and the people of Egypt.
Many people worked on deciphering hieroglyphs over several hundred years. However, the structure of the script was very difficult to work out. After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and other examples of ancient Egyptian writing, Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822. Champollion could read both Greek and coptic.
He was able to figure out what the seven demotic signs in coptic were. By looking at how these signs were used in coptic he was able to work out what they stood for. Then he began tracing these demotic signs back to hieroglyphic signs.
By working out what some hieroglyphs stood for, he could make educated guesses about what the other hieroglyphs stood for.
This is an example of applied linguistics
Now, for homework, I want you to either write me a two pages on other examples of applying linguistics, or, I want you to try and apply your own lingustic skills to something; whether they are skills you already had before starting this class, or have learnt so far.
I'm here if you need me."