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Exploring Animal Communication and Human Language Differences

Delve into the world of animal communication and compare it to human language use. From bees to dolphins, explore if animals think and use language, and learn the distinctions between human and animal communication methods. Discover Chomsky's "Deep Structure" exercise and the significance of Eggs, eggshells, homonyms, and interpreting process. Uncover the secrets of poetry, idioms, puns, and metaphors, and the characteristics of a clear interpretation. Analyze sign behavior, fingerspelling, and the factors influencing communication processes.

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Exploring Animal Communication and Human Language Differences

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  1. Dropping Form SBCD July, 2010 Lancaster, PA

  2. Do animals think? • Do animals communicate? • Do animals have/use language? (bees, dolphins, apes) • What is the difference between human language and animal sign behavior? • Do humans think without language? • Story exercise

  3. Chomsky’s “Deep Structure” • Eggs and eggshells • Interpreting process • Homonyms • ?Quehace un pez? • POETRY and #POETRY • Rhythm and rhyme

  4. Go for meaning! • What about idioms? Puns? Metaphors? • “Upper crust” • “Kill two birds with one stone”

  5. Characteristics of a Clear Interpretation • Message equivalence • Target language • Illocutionary force • Use of space • Sentence boundaries • Fingerspelling & numbers • Sign parameters • Sign choice • Affect • Mouthing • Process time • Poise

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