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Do animal languages share common traits with human language?

Do animal languages share common traits with human language?. Review from last class. Design features of human language . Semanticity Displacement/freedom from stimulus Productivity Dual articulation/duality of patterning. Discreteness Arbitrariness Tradition Learn ability

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Do animal languages share common traits with human language?

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  1. Do animal languages share common traits with human language? Review from last class

  2. Design features of human language • Semanticity • Displacement/freedom from stimulus • Productivity • Dual articulation/duality of patterning • Discreteness • Arbitrariness • Tradition • Learn ability • Reflectiveness • Prevarication

  3. Animal communication with human language design features • Bird song • Honey bees • Vervet monkeys • Parrots • Signing apes

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