NEUR 2P37 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: African Grey Parrot, Complex Differential Form, Advanced Land Observation Satellite
9 Feb 2017
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Speech is the sound output meant to convey meaning; involves the production and transmission of sound waves. Language is the ability to translate our ideas into signals for another person. Communication is the ability to convey meaning to another person, regardless of the media. Human language is complex form of communication. Compared to other species, human language has high productivity. Productivity: the ability to improvise new combinations of signals to represent new ideas. Human language is most likely a modification of a behaviour also found i other species. Chimpanzees use language but it differs from humans: Seldom use symbols in new original combinations. Use of symbols is primarily used to request and not describe. Bonobos or pygmy chimpanzees resemble humans more than other primates. Perhaps bonobos have greater language potential than other chimpanzees. Subjects were also allowed to learn through observation and imitation in addition to formal training. Non-primates also display some aspects of spoken language.
