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To what extent might another species be able to develop the Human use of Language?
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To what extent might another species be able to develop the Human use of Language? Study: Gardner and Gardner (1969) Teaching Sign Language to Chimpanzees In order to answer this question you first have to be able to define the word 'language', as language and 'speech' are not the same. In 1960 Hockett produced ten criteria for language. Based on Hockett, Aitchison (1983) proposed that out of the ten criteria only four are unique to humans: * Semanticity-the use of symbols to mean or refer to objects/actions * Displacement- reference to things not present in time or space * Structure- dependence- the patterned nature of language and use of 'structured chunks' such as word order * Creativity- the ability to produce and understand infinite number of novel utterances But you do not need these criteria to communicate. Any living animal can communicate without language. There are two arguments about the way in which humans learn language. This is...
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