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Doctor Dolittle's Delusion - Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Doctor Dolittle's Delusion - Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Dr. Dolittle-and many students of animal communication-are wrong:
animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why.
Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate?
Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many complex
behaviors of other species are uniquely theirs? This engrossing
book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans
from a linguistic point of view and asserts that animals are not
capable of acquiring or using human language. Stephen R. Anderson
explains what is meant by communication, the difference between
communication and language, and the essential characteristics of
language. Next he examines a variety of animal communication
systems, including bee dances, frog vocalizations, bird songs, and
alarm calls and other vocal, gestural, and olfactory communication
among primates. Anderson then compares these to human language,
including signed languages used by the deaf. Arguing that attempts
to teach human languages or their equivalents to the great apes
have not succeeded in demonstrating linguistic abilities in
nonhuman species, he concludes that animal communication
systems-intriguing and varied though they may be-do not include all
the essential properties of human language. Animals can
communicate, but they can't talk.
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