Psychology 3228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Standard Social Science Model, Nim Chimpsky, Universal Grammar
5 Jan 2017
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No other animals have anything close to human language (but have communication) They have symbolic references: can refer to very specific things in the environment. They use syntax: the order they put a sequence of info in (not just random order) Communicate to other bees where to go using the waggle dance . Not language since can only communicate about food (cannot talk about other things) Only communicate direction and distance of food. Use syntax to structure calls and songs. Put the sounds in a specific order (say chika-dee-dee never dee-dee-chika ) Have alarm calls specific to different predators. One alarm call for snake, and another for lion, another for eagle: and different behavioural responses to the different calls, if hear a lion alarm call, you want to climb up a tree (opposite to an eagle) We know that some great apes can be taught components of language. Great apes don"t have the vocal apparatus to speak like us.
