Communication Vs LanguageAnimal CommunicationLanguage and BehaviorMatt Cartmill : Gift of GabUniversal Language StructureSyntaxANTY 101d 1st Edition Lecture 3Communication Vs LanguageAnimal Communication-Bees-Primates (Apes, monkeys)• American sign language • Washoe & Loulis (Chimpanzees) -Raised her like a deaf human child • Chantek (Orangutan) • Koko (Gorilla)• Kanzi (Bonobo)-Picked up language by listening to it-How human children learn language -Sue Savage-Rumbaugh-Unique abilities Language and Behavior -Impulse control (humans v. primates) These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-cooperative behaviors • Teaching/Learning• Shared commitment to shared goals -More than merely coordinated behavior -Imagine a future-Mind Reading • This is what makes us different • knowing what other people may know and don't know. -Abstract concepts and Theories• Cause and effect• need a word for these concepts • Ex. gravity -Can promotes learn these things with language? • If so, then we are really looking at a planet of the apes concept Matt Cartmill : Gift of Gab-Humans are most dangerous animal on the planet-‘displacement’ • discuss events removed in time and space• make plans, complete long term tasks, strike bargains, persuade, lie, deceive, conspire-Ability related to syntax communication Universal Language Structure-Underlying rules in all human languages-Phonemes• Smallest unit of song that can alter meaning (recognized)• bit v. bid (and butter v. budder)-Morphemes• smallest unit of sound that carries culturally relevant meaning• Un—break—able; also ‘uh’ ’s’• Tierra del fuego example; embedded cultural values -Morphology: verb tense and plurality-Syntax: riles for phrases and sentences -Grammar: rules for morphology Syntax-Is syntax unique to humans?-Noam Chomsky: ‘Deep Structures’ in our brains • Syntax is hardwired in our brains • demonstrated behaviorist approach to language was incorrect -Not learned by repetition/reward in humans• Flying rockets can be dangerous -Two different meanings • Believes deep structures are unique in humans• Biological basis; instinct?-Deaf children in
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