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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku Language or Communication? Is Language unique to the human species?
Námsstig: 
  • Bakkalár
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    This essay discusses whether or not language is unique to humans or if animals are able to learn human language skills. It also discusses animal communication and whether any other species acquires communication methods comparable to the human language and if that method qualifies to be considered a language. Humans may dominate most of the planet when it comes to power however; they do not when it comes to numbers. There are various different species on this planet and almost every species acquires their own communication method. Animals mostly communicate to locate a food source or to alert danger however, there are some species that seem to use communication to express emotions and to mate with others of their species. Researches have been done on apes since the 1900s to study whether they are able to learn the human language. There have been made interesting result on the subject. Other animals such as honeybees, dolphins, vervet monkeys, parrots and others, have been studied as well. The conclusion made in this research indicates that the human language is much more complex than other communication methods and therefore should not be regarded as language.

Samþykkt: 
  • 10.5.2013
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15016


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