A group presentation for our ANT101 class regarding Language & Communication using a Linguistic Anthropological approach.

1. Language & Communication

5. HUMAN LANGUAGE PRIMATE CALL SYSTEMS HAS THE CAPACITY TO SPEAK OF THINGS AND EVENTS THAT ARE NOT PRESENT. ARE STIMULI-DEPENDENT, THE FOOD CALL WILL BE MADE ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF FOOD; IT CANNOT BE FAKED. HAS THE CAPACITY TO GENERATE NEW EXPRESSIONS BY COMBINING OTHER EXPRESSIONS. CONSISTS OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF CALLS THAT CANNOT BE COMBINED TO PRODUCE NEW CALLS. IS GROUP SPECIFIC IN THAT ALL HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR LANGUAGE, BUT EACH LINGUISTIC COMMUNITY HAS ITS OWN LANGUAGE, WHICH IS CULTURALLY TRANSMITTED. TENDS TO BE SPECIES SPECIFIC, WITH LITTLE VARIATION AMONG COMMUNITIES OF THE SAME SPECIES FOR EACH CALL.

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