COMD 2050 Chapter : COMD 2050 Ch 2
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2 animals and human language: yule, g. (2010). New york: cambridge: means of ________________, composed of ____________, symbols are organized according to _________, shared among users (conventional, agreed-upon) Is language : language is , languages aren"t limited to situations of _____________, ___________, ___________, language isn"t restricted to the present language has _______________. Bee: displacement also allows us to discuss things that don"t exist or that we"ve dance refer to present location of nectar. never seen before, language is _______________. Infinite number of messages (meaning) from basic elements (sounds). Danger signals of vervet monkeys: language is used to think and talk about the language itself (______________), symbols are arbitrary - __________________ Project nim led by psychologist herbert terrace aimed to show that chimps could learn human language, specifically syntax: still alive today, http://www. koko. org/index. php. Nim chimsky: word order inconsistent, expansions of utterances were no more meaningful, repeat words with rewards. full or partial repetitions of adult utterances. in the absence of humans.
