Der Sprache auf der Spur

Lukas Luchs lüftet mit den TeilnehmerInnen der KinderUni die Geheimnisse der Sprache. Illustration: Katharina Büchel.

Die KinderUni löst mit Detektiv Lukas Luchs die Geheimnisse der Sprache

Was ist Sprache? Bloß Wörter und Sätze? Wie vermitteln wir das, was wir eigentlich sagen wollen über Sprache? Wieso stecken Bedeutungen nicht immer direkt in den Wörtern, sondern oft auch darin, wie wir diese sagen: laut oder leise, freundlich oder verärgert? Sprache ist auch mehr als die Wörter die wir hören, Sprache können wir auch sehen, im Gesicht der andere, in Gestik und Mimik.

In der Vorlesung von Dr. Barbara Schuppler vom Institut für Signalverarbeitung und Sprachkommunikation gehen die TeilnehmerInnen der aktuellen KinderUni-Ringvorlesung "Sprache und Kommunikation" gemeinsam mit Detektiv Lukas Luchs auf die Suche nach versteckten Hinweisen in der Sprache. Modernste Technik hilft ihnen dabei, dieses alte und doch stets aktuelle "Rätsel" zu lösen.

Zeit: Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2012, von 16 bis 17 Uhr
Ort: TU Graz, Hörsaal A, Kopernikusgasse 24/I, 8010 Graz

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