LEADER 03544nam 22006374a 450 001 9910807937303321 005 20240418000602.0 010 $a1-281-74068-3 010 $a9786611740689 010 $a0-300-12710-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127102 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471827 035 $a(EBL)3420057 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052711 035 $a(PQKB)10164606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420057 035 $a(DE-B1597)484822 035 $a(OCoLC)1023999375 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170083 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174068 035 $a(OCoLC)923589305 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471827 100 $a20040116d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoctor Dolittle's delusion $eanimals and the uniqueness of human language /$fStephen R. Anderson ; with illustrations by Amanda Patrick 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-10339-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-338) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1 Animals, Language, and Linguistics --$t2 Language and Communication --$t3 On Studying Cognition --$t4 The Dance ''Language'' of Honeybees --$t5 Sound in Frog and Man --$t6 Birds and Babies Learning to Speak --$t7 What Primates Have to Say for Themselves --$t8 Syntax --$t9 Language Is Not Just Speech --$t10 Language Instruction in the Laboratory --$t11 Language, Biology, and Evolution --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tCredits --$tIndex 330 $aCan animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate? Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many complex behaviors of other species are uniquely theirs? This engrossing book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and asserts that animals are not capable of acquiring or using human language. Stephen R. Anderson explains what is meant by communication, the difference between communication and language, and the essential characteristics of language. Next he examines a variety of animal communication systems, including bee dances, frog vocalizations, bird songs, and alarm calls and other vocal, gestural, and olfactory communication among primates. Anderson then compares these to human language, including signed languages used by the deaf. Arguing that attempts to teach human languages or their equivalents to the great apes have not succeeded in demonstrating linguistic abilities in nonhuman species, he concludes that animal communication systems-intriguing and varied though they may be-do not include all the essential properties of human language. Animals can communicate, but they can't talk. 606 $aAnimal communication 606 $aLanguage and languages 615 0$aAnimal communication. 615 0$aLanguage and languages. 676 $a591.59 686 $aWT 3700$2rvk 700 $aAnderson$b Stephen R$0162681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807937303321 996 $aDoctor Dolittle's delusion$93978430 997 $aUNINA