ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Yimas Language, Phoneme, Joint Attention
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Referential communication is necessarily intentional, it is fundamentally triadic. Non-referential communication may or may not be intentional, typically dyadic. Signs, symbols, and words can communicate without referencing. Animals other than humans communicate but don"t refer. Humans are animals and mammals; communicate in ways that display their relation to one another. Most animals don"t use symbols or signs intentionally although some primates do. Humans do use communication intentional although they have non-intentional signs sweating. Humans refer when communicating, by showing or pointing, they non-refer when saying hello or bowing. Chimps and other apes could, with training produce combinations of signs; it looks like a rudimentary syntax. Language is unique to humans, according to tomasello chimps lack the ability to use signs in the way humans do. Chimps and bonobos are capable of intentional and flexible sign use; they are capable of attending to the attention of others. Monkey (and ape) vocalizations are involuntary and non-intentional displays.
