How and to what extent does language make humans distinctive from other animals?
Title: How and to what extent does language make humans distinctive from other animals?
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How and to what extent does language make humans distinctive from other animals?
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1883 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Most living creatures communicate in some way. Birds and whales sing, monkeys and chimpanzees chatter, dolphins click and squeak, even bees perform their elaborate waggle dance. Language however, involves arranging exact sounds in the correct grammatical order to convey a message. Sternberg (1995, p.345) defines human language as, "...an organised means of combining words in order to communicate." Clearly, human language is much, much more than arranging particular sounds. It is an outlet for our thoughts
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