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To what extent we can say animals have language
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To what extent we can say animals have language? Many pet owners probably like to think that they talk with their pets and these if not response, at least understand. But whether this is really true and pets and generally animals are capable of understanding language and furthermore, whether they are capable of meaningfully communicating between themselves remains without a clear answer. The question whether humans are or are not the only species capable of language can be answered only after deeper analysis, which can be carried out by taking into account and comparing main characteristics of language. To begin with, it might be helpful to form a definition of a language. There was a number of attempts to define language but the one that is the closest to the full definition of language is that of Charles Hockett. Over ten years Hockett was trying to define language by determining the...
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