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IS LANGUAGE UNIQUE TO THE HUMAN SPECIES?
IS LANGUAGE UNIQUE TO THE HUMAN SPECIES? by Ulla HedeagerINTRODUCTIONThe assertion that humans differ from animals in their use of LANGUAGE hasbeen the subject of much discussion as scientists have investigated LANGUAGE useby non- HUMAN species . Researchers have taught apes, dolphins, and parrotsvarious systems of HUMAN -like communication, and recently, the study of animallanguage and behaviour in its natural environment rather than in the laboratoryhas increased. It is my aim to discuss HUMAN LANGUAGE within an evolutionaryperspective, to step across disciplinary boundaries of different fields of science,and to show how we may consider LANGUAGE only as one of the many forms thatanimal communication has taken and that it may not be out of reach of otherspecies. WHAT IS LANGUAGE ?What is LANGUAGE ?
and fitted into intonational patterns and rhythm. All languages have some type of speech melodies. Pitch plays an important role in both human tone and intonation languages, but in different ways. Tone languages, like Chinese, have contrasting pitches or tones, i.e. the same sound will have different meanings
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