CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Zoosemiotics, Animal Communication, User Interface
14 Dec 2018
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Set of symbols that can be arranged in certain ways. Complex code by which agents can communicate information. We say complex because we don"t want to include animal communication, such as bird calls, as language. Created or designed by individuals or small teams. Vs english, was not created by someone, in uenced by multiple people, cultures. Languages that are created in tv shows are arti cial. Arti cial language for communication with computers, typically lacking in ambiguity. People don"t speak binary, therefore we need to make programming languages. Although animals have very interesting means of communication, in general anybody who studies language, human language is much more complex - animals do not belong in the same category. Works through gesture, expression, gaze following, vocalization, olfactory communication, and electric colouration. Function - why do they communicate: dominance(show inferiority, dominance), courtship(trying to mate or irt/impress), ownership(territory), food alert, alarm, meta- communication. Has a structure but this structure is implicit.
