LIN 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kanzi, Bonobo, Communicative Competence
9 Dec 2016
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September 26th 2016: mode of communication (common to all communication systems) Use of bodies to produce sounds (sometimes not audible to humans) or objects (e. g elephants use infra sounds (low pitched sounds) which humans cannot hear) Visual cues (e. g facial expressions (dogs & apes), body posture) Odor ( e. g insects release odors to indicate territory/mating. Electric signals ( e. g certain fish: semanticity & pragmatic function (common to all communication systems) All of the signals in the communication system have meaning and serve a useful purpose. Warning for predators : interchangeability (applies to humans, but only some animal communication systems) The ability to both send and receive messages. Elephants, silkworms, whistling moths (only males can send messages by rubbing their wings" rough edges to mark territory: cultural transmission (applies to humans, but only some animal communication systems) At least some part of the communication system is learned through interaction with other users.
