Chapter 502 Hardcore Lecture

Chapter 502 Hardcore Lecture

Chapter 502 Hardcore Lecture
"Hey, do you have class at 5:30 this Friday?"

"How can I have plans? I have an appointment to play basketball this afternoon, but if you insist on treating me to a meal, I can reluctantly make time for it."

"The imperial government's relief grain will only be available in the middle of the month. I was almost eating dirt at the beginning of this month. If there are no classes, we can take an elective course together. Actually..."

"No matter who you are, get off him and make an appointment to go to class together. Don't you think this makes people's skin crawl?"

The above conversation took place in an ordinary dormitory in Peking University between two ordinary students. Strictly speaking, being able to get into Peking University means you are already a child from another family, and even in some small towns, you are considered a child of destiny.

Little Yellow, in his pajamas, was half lying on his bed, and the little donkey was walking around with nothing to do.

"It's not really an elective course, it's just a lecture." Xiaolu's face really looks like a donkey's. He said, "It's mainly because I'm interested in this teacher."

Xiao Huang also came to his senses. They did not have an elective class on Friday afternoon, but it didn't matter! No matter what teacher's lecture it was, it couldn't stop a heart that yearned for freedom.

He seemed to have made up his mind, and continued to focus on the phone screen without looking up. I don't know what he was looking at, but from time to time, he would see Macau casinos or something...

"The teacher is Gu Lu, and the subject is: Creating a language." said the donkey.

"Then again," Xiao Huang looked up suddenly, and put his phone upside down on the bed. He asked first, "Is he playing such a big game? Although Gu Lu's teacher is Lu Jianming, an authority on Chinese, he is still a little far from creating a language."

"...Then I don't know. Look at this description." Xiaolu opened the student BBS Weiming, which contained a description of the course.

It is more like a detailed explanation of the course than a description.

[So, when we create a language, what do we need to pay attention to? We must clarify the purpose and background of the language. What is the purpose of this language?

Take myself as an example, my purpose is to create western fantasy novels. What about you? Is it game design, or human unity? Or is it just a hobby?
In order to make it more realistic, I will add some real and unique languages ​​into my creations.

For example, water language.

...]
Shui language is said to be from the same branch as oracle bone script and is one of the few ancient scripts still in use today.

If you know someone familiar with it, you will find that Shuiyu really fits the Western fantasy background of the novel, because there is no pictophonetic character to describe him.

Pictographic, indicative, associative, phono-semantic, loan and transliteration are the "Six Characters", which are the summary of Chinese characters by scholars of all dynasties.

It has no pictograph, and to put it most intuitively, at first glance, it even looks a bit like cuneiform.

Others may not know, but Gu Luke knows the influence of this work. With the existence of Flat Country Culture Company and Little Prince Culture Company, they will definitely film it. When this strange text appears, there will be more people studying water language...

Currently, even among the Shui ethnic minority there are very few people who understand the Shui language.

"Take it away, take it away quickly, I don't want to see it." Xiao Huang felt that knowledge was sneaking into his brain.

"Then are you going?"

"go with!"

Little Yellow and Little Donkey is a typical example. Peking University students are attracted to this course or driven by curiosity.

With the endorsement of Professor Lu, the head of the Chinese Department, the school still attaches great importance to the course taught by Gu Lu. They even put up a signpost in the teaching building to ensure that students can find it. Reporters from the Peking University newspaper and Youth Daily were also invited that day.

But since there is no registration process, the school does not know exactly how many students will come.

Considering that there are classes in the morning and no classes in the afternoon on Fridays, the school arranged a large classroom that can accommodate more than 300 people, and they also believe in Gu Lu's influence.

But not enough!
Around five o'clock, the corridor outside the 3350 classroom on the second floor of the Shaw Institute had begun to show signs of trouble...

"The classroom where Expert Gu gives lectures is not big enough!" the teacher with Mediterranean hairstyle said to the logistics director.

Director Zhao was surprised, "3350 can accommodate 200 students, right? It's not enough?"

"The classroom is already packed, and there are still many students in the corridor who can't squeeze in," Mr. Mediterranean responded.

"Then let's go to the classroom 101 on the first floor." Director Zhao responded subconsciously.

Classroom 101 on the first floor is the largest classroom in Peking University, and can accommodate people.

Teacher Hai Di immediately went to notify everyone and replaced the road sign at the entrance of the Yifu Building. He also sent a message to Gu Lu to communicate.

The work efficiency is quite high.

At 101:, when Gu Lu arrived at the scene, he could see that... was packed.

What did it mean by explosion? There were at least twenty students gathered at the classroom door, and Gu Lu couldn't even squeeze in.

When they saw Gu Lu, they dispersed to both sides like Moses crossing the sea. The teacher who was giving the lecture at least stood on the podium.

It’s almost time for class, and there are always more solutions than problems. The worst that can happen is that I just have to stand at the back, and the extra students can be crammed into the classroom.

Reporters from the Peking University newspaper and the Youth Daily also set up their photographic equipment in front.

Realizing that they might be photographed, many students who were dressed in abstract clothing stood up and quietly walked to the back.

"Awesome, you dare to come to the classroom wearing this, very awesome." Gu Lu watched a classmate sit in the corner of the classroom.

Compared with the students' vigor and vitality, the school newspaper reporters' businesslike manner, and the two veterans of the Youth Daily are just listless.

The reason why they are called Lao Youtiao is not because of their age. Even though one of them is a little fat and the other has a big beer belly, they are both born in the 80s. It’s mainly because the two of them have a look of despair on their faces, and it’s too obvious that they are tortured by the class atmosphere.

"The last time I heard someone create their own language, I remember it was from Hunter x Hunter. The Hunter Common Language was pretty cool."

"Hunter's Common Language is a magical modification of the Japanese 50-sound system, but the core is still Japanese. But Togashi is really talented."

"Gu Lu will definitely not lose to Togashi. Besides, we are here mainly to film this new education model where Peking University students give lectures."

The beer-bellied reporter and the fat reporter wanted to interview more interesting news such as "Europe", "Mr. Toad" and "Agreement with Germany".

As we were talking, the class began.

"It's my first time teaching a class with so many people. I'm a little nervous." Gu Lu said, "I hope this class can give you a little thought."

The students were very kind and applauded loudly.

There were also students howling, "Teacher Gu Lu, you will succeed if you stand on it, don't be nervous" "You are wrong, we don't know!"

Hey, this consolation sounds really not comforting at all!

To put it bluntly, they just came to join in the fun, without really thinking about what they could learn. Of course, if Gu Lu's class was called "Literary Creation", the students' attitudes would be completely different.

"Then let's get started directly. I will start teaching right away. The language I create is used for literary creation." Gu Lu said, picking up the chalk.

Although Peking University is the top university in China, there are still many classrooms that use blackboards and chalk, and only the audio-visual teaching building has more advanced equipment. The 101 classroom is capable of conducting audio-visual teaching.

Gu Lu himself also made a PPT and started with chalk.

[The first question about language creation: What is the background of language creation and who are the users of the language?
Culture, history and living environment.]
"These factors have an impact on language development, and myths are born based on the language they belong to; at the same time, a living language cannot be separated from myths passed down from generation to generation. So it's normal that I want to write fantasy novels set in Europe, create languages, and then build historical backgrounds and cultures?"

A normal man!
If you write a tomb-robbing story, doesn't that mean you have to dig graves? And if you write a cultivation story, doesn't that mean you have to survive a calamity?

The students listened to Gu Lu talking nonsense.

“Think about it, if an elf were to record in English, French, or German, wouldn’t it be very unimmersive?”

"So I want to create a basic language in the fantasy continent, and then mutate this basic language according to the history, culture, and living environment of each race. For example, what language do the Noldor elves speak, what language do the Grey elves speak, and so on." Gu Lu said, "Don't ask me about the classification of elves, because it is related to the outline of my new book."

The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it gets! The Youth Daily reporter was shocked by the weight gain.

The reporter with a beer belly is used to it. If he could achieve this in his twenties, he would brag even more!
Look at how good other people are at chatting, Xiao Huang thought. Xiao Huang and his roommate Xiao Lu came early today, so they occupied a great seat.

Gu Lu opened the PPT.

[Steps: Design the language's phonology, phoneme (consonants and vowels) syllable structure, phonological rules, and more importantly, construct grammar, word order, morphology, and syntax. ]

"We can further design vocabulary, such as core vocabulary and vocabulary sources. There are also rules for word formation, such as prefixes, suffixes, compound words or derivatives..." Gu Lu said, "Of course, harmony cannot be taught in one class. Let's start with something simple in the first class today, and don't make it too difficult for myself."

Gu Lu pointed at the words on the blackboard. "The language background is the language used by the first elves. This is the source of the language I imagined - Proto-Quendi. It was used by the firstborn elves who awakened in the world by Lake Kuviinen. Proto-Quendi is like the original Indo-European language in the real world..."

"In the second step, we will design the phonemes."

Tolkien was not only a writer. His mother, a linguist, instilled knowledge in him since he was a child. When he grew up, he also became a linguist. While writing books, he also compiled the New England Dictionary. He was also a language professor at Oxford University, and his research direction was "Middle English", so it is true that he created his own language.

Why start from this perspective? Because there is no other way. The more you understand, the more you can feel Tolkien's greatness, especially his greatness in linguistics.

Take Hunter's writing as an example. It's not just a deformation of the 50 sounds. He created the font, writing habits, and pronunciation of each letter!

That's right, as long as you learn the pronunciation of letters, you can read the word even if you don't understand what it means. Elvish has very strict pronunciation rules. By looking at the position and number of arcs of letters, you can understand which part of the throat, teeth, tongue, teeth, or lips is used to pronounce it.

If there are enough words and enough evolutions, Elvish can really be used. The doorway is too deep, so Gu Lu has to explain it step by step, and give the dry goods. Gu Lu flipped the switch, and the PPT picture disk also jumped to the next page.

【vowel

Short vowels: /a/, //, /i/, //, /u/.

Long vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/.

Diphthongs: /ai/, /au/, /i/, /ui/, /u/, /iu/.

consonant……】

"I believe you can all see that the prototypes of this language are North Germanic languages ​​and Old English." Gu Lu pointed at the PPT and began to talk.

I started talking about things I couldn't understand...

Xiao Huang's scalp was tingling, especially when the teacher on the stage said, "Everyone follow me and try to create, for about 12 classes. If you need my help at the end, I will help you design the writing system, whether it is alphabetic, syllabic, or ideographic. Oh, and in the process of creation, consider a little bit of language evolution."

Would you like to try to create with me?
"You can't even speak human language." Xiao Huang said, "Trying to create, do you think you're creating a child? You can just create it when you say so?!"

The relaxed and happy look on the donkey's long face, which was originally the silly expression typical of college students, disappeared.

He didn't expect Gu Lu to be serious about it and seemed very professional.

The two reporters from Youth Daily looked serious. As Gu Lu showed the PPT, they understood. It seemed that he was not doing this for the sake of novel gimmicks...

The division of syllables is mainly determined by the combination of vowels and consonants:
1. Vowels and diphthongs: Vowels and diphthongs are the core of syllables. Every syllable contains at least one vowel or diphthong.

2. Division of consonants: If a consonant letter or consonant combination is sandwiched between two vowels, the consonant is usually counted as the beginning of the following syllable.

...]

It is not easy to make a PPT, and Gu Lu spent two days on it.

It was only after making these things that Gu Lu understood why Tolkien was given the title of "founder".

"That's all for today. We're a bit pressed for time. We've just started creating the language. I hope you can continue next week." Gu Lu said, "Oh, and if you want to take notes on what I said today, you can ask me privately."

Feeling unsatisfied, Gu Lu packed up his things and left.

From 5:30 to 7:00, a full hour and a half of content.

Except for the first few minutes of nonsense, the rest of the story was bombarded with very professional language knowledge. It was totally different from what they had imagined.

With reporters around, most people didn't want to leave in the middle of the class. So after 90 minutes, the students seemed to have lost their souls and were pushed out by the crowd.

It was not until several minutes later that the heated discussion among the crowd was heard.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I shouldn't have gotten married from the beginning...I shouldn't have come to this classroom, is it because King's Canyon doesn't allow people to gain popularity anymore, or is it because Teyvat is not fun enough."

“WTF, are there really crazy people who create a language just for the immersiveness of novels?!”

"Let me correct you. He is going to create a language series. According to Mr. Gu, he will create the entire evolutionary history!"

"Today is definitely the pinnacle of my life. Someone actually asked me to help create a language."

"At first I thought that the language created by Gu Lu was just like the Dragon Language in Elder Scrolls 5, which basically followed the usage logic of English. But it turns out that he started from scratch in terms of phonemes!"

Wait, all were very shocked.

There were hundreds of students attending the class, most of whom were from the Chinese Department, but there were also quite a few from other departments. He might not be good at languages, but he had a good appreciation for the dry goods.

Among the knowledge presented in Gu Lu's PPT and class, the story of the new novel outline above is the least noticeable.

Xiao Huang said to Xiao Donkey, "You owe me, how are you going to pay me back? If you hadn't asked me to come, I would have scored 30 points on the basketball court by now!"

"I admit that there are indeed problems, but even if we take a step back, you only scored seven points in the last 5V5 game." Xiaolu said, "Even if you didn't come, you couldn't have scored points."

"Damn it." Don't hit people in the face. This time the little yellow face was in great pain.

As the two were talking, news of Gu Lu's class today had spread throughout the Chinese Department and even to the School of Foreign Languages.

After all, in terms of physical distance, one is in the Humanities Academy on the northeast side of Weiming Lake, and the other is in the east of Weixiu Garden, which is only about one kilometer away. In terms of spirit, how can you, a Chinese language major, create a language based on Old English and Nordic Germanic languages?

The North Germanic languages ​​include Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Norn, etc.

There is no doubt that Peking University School of Foreign Languages ​​has relevant experts!

For example, Professor Li Pingrui and Wang Wujian, the former is an authority on Swedish and Danish in China, and his research fields and directions are: Swedish (Danish) discourse linguistics, and frame semantics discourse analysis.

First of all, we must understand that North Germanic is an academic concept, so it is not specific. In other words, it is artificially defined, and Professor Wang is an expert in Indo-European languages.

The two heard the students' discussions and had a little discussion.

"Want to go check it out next week?"

"I definitely have to go check it out. I heard it also covers more professional knowledge like phonemes and syllables."

"Hahaha, I knew you couldn't help it."

"It's a pity there's no complete video. If there is, I'd really like to see it."

"Who would have thought that Lao Lu's students would cross over and come here."

After all, they have been studying for a lifetime and have never thought of creating a language. Let's go and take a look. If there is anything missing, we can also provide some insignificant help.

How should I put it? This class was really stressful for the students, so the number of students coming next week will decrease, but the number of teachers and professors who come may increase...

Gu Lu felt like he had become the person he hated the most. In the past, when he watched his math teacher lecturing on the stage, he would not be able to follow at all as soon as he lowered his head.

Now he is speaking on the stage, and the audience can’t understand what he is saying. It’s really interesting!
Another interesting thing happened that day, which was related to Gu Lu.

People's Art Press has a plan to publish a series of short story collections, which will include all the world's best short story writers in one set of books.

First of all, Maupassant, Chekhov, O. Henry and Mark Twain are must-have permanent characters.

Next are the Argentine short story master Jorge Borges, the Irish short story king James Joyce, the Swedish short story pioneer Stig Dagman, the Australian Peter Carey, the Japanese Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the Czech Kafka and so on.

It cannot be said that every country must select one, but at least the famous ones must be on the list.

But of the two candidates for Hua Xia, the publishing and editing team first decided on Lu Xun, and there is no dispute about this. The short story collection "Call to Arms" alone is enough to make the list. Diary of a Madman, Blood-stained Buns, Ah Q and Kong Yiji are all from this collection.

The second candidate caused great controversy.

First of all, I want to point out that there are six editors in the series, all of whom are big names invited by the People's Art Theatre from various fields.

Li Zhong (series editor-in-chief), President of the Chinese Society of Foreign Literature and Director of the Institute of Foreign Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Ye Tingyou is a famous translator and professor of the Foreign Languages ​​Department of Beijing Normal University. Che Zhongzi is a famous translator and editor-in-chief of World Literature.

In addition, President Jian, the president of Shanghai Art Publishing House, is also listed as the deputy editor-in-chief of the series.

Currently, Chi Zijian, Tie Ning, Liu Qingbang and Su Tong are nominated. But Tie Ning has said that she wants to leave the opportunity to young people, so there are only three nominees left.

"His (Su Tong's) novel is like an oil-paper umbrella soaked in blood, but he insists on holding it up for the female characters. I personally don't agree with this, it's too limiting."

"Teacher Chi Zijian's writing is the most delicate I have ever seen, as delicate as quicksand. It's just like a building, which is all quicksand and easy to collapse."

Cultured people speak in a very complicated way, and they can solve problems with just one delicate sentence.

"Teacher Liu has never been able to handle the theme of personal innocence and social oppression, and the relationship between people and society. The themes of his works are often very depressing, but under this oppression, the characters from the countryside remain innocent, which makes the sense of division too great. If Huaxia wants to choose one, I agree more with Teacher Su."

There are always objections to nominations, and the reasons for the opposition are all well-founded.

"There is no perfect writer. Even Mr. Lu Xun's articles have the shortcoming of lacking positive characters." Li Zhong said, "We are not looking for perfect writers in our series. What is your opinion, President Jian?"

Li Zhong and President Jian were also acquaintances. His implication was that you should come forward to calm the situation. There was no way to discuss the disagreement now. At least the candidates had to be narrowed down to two.

result--

"Actually, I have another candidate." President Jian said.

"Who?" "Who else?" "Is it Teacher Mo?" "Teacher Mo's short story skills are indeed amazing, but they are too labored." Several people started discussing.

"Gu Lu," President Jian's words sounded a little unconfident. He was not unconfident about the writer, but about the writer's age.

"The new Gu Lu from Liaozhai is too..."

"How could Gu Lu - in fact, it seems that I have no problem at all."

"His works, their thoughtfulness... their artistry... their literary quality... I'll think about it again."

When they heard Gu Lu's name, they subconsciously looked for reasons to object, but when they tried to find fault with it rationally, they got stuck again.

Just stuttering.

Everyone here is a person who cares about appearances and will not bring up age as an issue, at least not on the surface.

"Compared to Su Tong, Gu Lu seems... Gu Lu's short stories are indeed powerful." Ye Tingyou thought.

Che Zhongzi also made a comparison, "Liu Qingbang and Gu Lu seem to be able to win only in terms of numbers."

The entire series of writers remained silent.

Two flowers are in bloom, and Zhou Lin is in trouble.

"Isn't it a bit wrong that you can't wait to see Huahua as soon as you get back?" Gu Lu said to Zhou Lin.

The girl with strange powers loves Hua too much. When lovers go on dates and discuss going to a certain place to play, when the two discuss for a long time without any result, Zhou Lin will say, "Let's go, let's go see Huahua. We haven't seen her for a long time."

"How dare you to be jealous of Guo Bao." Zhou Lin responded with a smile, and said, "In that case, I will definitely accompany you for dinner next time."

The two walked hand in hand on the street. They had just come out of the courtyard and had dinner. The busy streets were the underground tunnels.

"I'm going to change the way I live." Gu Lu suddenly said seriously.

"Oh?"

Gu Lu said, "Let's start with a slightly spicy hot pot!"

"What's wrong? Is your stomach problem coming back again?" Zhou Lin asked worriedly.

The characteristics of the people in Fog City are that even though the doctors have told them not to eat oily or spicy food for certain diseases, they turn around and eat slightly spicy hot pot, as if slightly spicy food is not oily or spicy... This is similar to the Yunnan Province's belief that mushrooms are not poisonous.

"Not really, I feel like he's getting older, so he needs to take care of his health." Gu Lu's words also had a hint of suggestion, implying that since he's getting older, maybe it's time to consider the next step in the relationship.

Zhou Lin didn't react, and didn't understand the implication. This was also normal.

"Would you like to go to Venice together?" Gu Lu changed the subject. "The Venice Film Festival has been postponed this year. We can go and see it."

"Venice Film Festival? That's great, if business is okay then..."

"It's definitely no problem!"

That’s all I have to say about domestic affairs. Things abroad are also developing.

Two days after Arnie interviewed Professor Watson, The Daily Telegraph published the interview transcript.

"Behind the scenes of 'Mr. Toad Goes to the Psychologist', we reveal to you what kind of person Gu Lu is!"

Looking at the title, I thought it was a little black guy.

As a result, the content was unexpectedly poor. Annie made some minor changes, such as when the notebook was about to fall to the ground, she picked it up without caring about her body, which was not logical.

So there was a puddle on the ground. After all, it was rainy in London, so it was normal to have water on the road.

In summary, the stories about Gu Lu's respect for knowledge are becoming more and more perfect.

From the newspaper, we citizens got to know an international friend who loves knowledge, is diligent and rigorous, and cares deeply about us!

The Guardian's official Twitter account retweeted the news and commented, "If they could be as attentive as Gu Lu and look at what citizens need, I believe that policies such as welfare cuts would not be announced. Even the high-speed rail line 2 might be built!"

From the pictures posted by the Guardian, it is easy to identify "they" as the current ruling party.

It cannot be said that the newspaper is making partisan attacks, because who to choose and whether he will be criticized are really hot potatoes for Da Ying.

The report in the Times is very interesting. The newspaper published a vote on whether to include Mr. Toad in the textbooks, and 70 percent of people agreed.

Gu Lu’s reputation soared!

Let’s not talk about the reader group, let’s just talk about those passers-by who have never read Gu Lu’s works.

"I always thought Gu Lu was just hype, but now it seems he is a true friend? The only drawback is that he also helped the French."

"This is not a shortcoming. This proves that Gu Lu is a citizen who loves the world. Now I can understand why the [Three Kingdoms War] happened some time ago."

"I had a deep misunderstanding of him before. I think the worst thing about Mr. Gu Lu is that he doesn't know how to promote himself."

"Today I came across a survey on the street, asking which party's candidate to support. My God, what a choice between two pieces of shit. Can I choose Gu Lu now?"

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(End of this chapter)