Human and Animal Language
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Human communication is unique in its use of abstract symbols, yet it shares many features with animal communication and evolved from more primitive systems. The document discusses how human language has nine key features, including the use of abstract symbols, semantic meaning, and displacement to refer to objects and events not present. However, not all communication systems, either human or animal, possess all nine features.
Human and Animal Language
- 1. Presented byPresented by Refat ara jyotiRefat ara jyoti Id:143020100009Id:143020100009
- 3. Man is the only animal that can communicate by means of abstract symbols. Yet this ability shares many features with communication in other animals, and has arisen from these more primitive systems. The Origin of speech Charles f. Hockett September 1960
- 4. 9 Features9 Features Mode of communication Semanticity Pragmatic function Reflexivity Cultural transmission Arbitrariness Discreteness Displacement Productivity Not found in all communication systems Common to all communication systems