LING 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Interspecies Communication, Animal Cognition, Animal Communication

• School: UConn
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 1010
• Professor: Hendrikus Van Der Hulst

Document Summary

Ling 1010 lecture 22 - animal communication: what do they do, Intraspecies communication- communication between organisms within the same species. Interspecies communication- communication between organisms from different species. Examples: poisonous frog and snake, skunk and any larger animal who poses a threat. Cognitive science- the study of the animal mind (animal cognition). There is evidence that sign language was developed before spoken language existed. Facial expressions: co-speech gesture (use of hands) Tactile communication (shaking hands, touching, patting on the shoulder, etc. : deliberately fabricated communication systems, such as traf c signs, navy: ags, coaches gesturing to their players to greet upon code . How does language differ from communication systems used by other animals: bees: communication about food sources, chickens: communicate about dangers. I"m poisonous and stuff. : dogs are very adept at communication with humans. Dogs seem to understand very much of the human language.