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1. THE ANIMAL LANGUAGE Similarities and Dissimilarities between Human and Animal Language

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3. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language Duality of Patterning HUMAN ANIMAL Distinctive sounds, called phonemes are arbitrary and have no meaning but humans can string these sounds in an infinite numbers of ways to create meaning via words and sentences. Animals do not communicate by arranging arbitrary sounds which limits the number of messages they can create.

4. Creativity HUMAN ANIMAL New words can be invented easily. Animals have to evolve in order for their signs to change. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language

5. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language Displacememnt HUMAN ANIMAL Humans can talk about remote, abstract, or imaginary things that aren't happening in their immediate environments. Animal communication is context driver, they react to stimuli or indexes.

6. Interchangeablity HUMAN ANIMAL Any gender of human can use the same languages. Certain animal communications in the animal world can only be used by one gender of that animal. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language

7. Cultural Transmission HUMAN ANIMAL Humans acquire language culturally. Words must be learned. The way that animals communicate are biological, or inborn. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language

8. Biology HUMAN ANIMAL The human voice box and tongue are very unique and are required to make the sounds we recognized as language. Other animals have different biological structures, which impact the way they make sounds. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language

9. Ambiguity HUMAN ANIMAL A word, or sign, can have several meanings. Every sign has only one meaning. Human and Animal Differences in the Use of Language

10. Similarities Between Human and Animal Communication Emotions The fear emotion, humans and animals have similar responses; widened eyes, open mouth,rapid heartbeat, hair stands on end, muscles tremble and so on.

11. Similarities Between Human and Animal Communication Sound Humans convey emotion through the use of words and tone in much the same way as animals communicate emotion through sound.

12. Similarities Between Human and Animal Communication Odor Odor communication in humans contribute to family recognition, maternal bonding, and mate selection. Similar behaviour has been observed in animals, as odor is used to mark territorial boundaries, warn of intruders and to proclaim a readiness to mate.

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