If we were to study to what degree other animals can learn human languages, wouldn't we be able to consider ASL (and other variations of sign language) as human language. I must say that in some of the material that has been written about the ability of dolphins to be able to understand human language it has been pretty amazing (unfortunately some of the studies have remained classified, although I don't understand why). They seem to be able to understand us pretty well, while we have no idea as to what they are "saying," even with all of the computer analyses that we have tried. On another note, remember that "Fa love Pa."
On 6 Nov 2007, at 08:07, Christopher D. Green wrote: > > > There are many people who study the natural communicative forms of > non-human animals. Nevertheless, there is a legitimate question > about the specificity of human language to humans alone. One way to > study this question is to see whether and to what degree other > animals can learn human languages. > > Regards, > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > Dr. Bob Wildblood 711 Rivereview Dr. Kokomo, IN 46901-7025 765-776-1727 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight D. Eisenhower "The time is always right to do what is right." Martin Luther King, Jr. "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin, 1775 "We are what we pretend to be, so we better be careful what we pretend to be." Kurt Vonnegut ---
