Animal Language

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith human language
gptkbp:debatedBy whether animals have displacement
whether animals have productivity
whether animals have semantics
whether animals have syntax
gptkbp:example birdsong
dolphin signature whistles
bee waggle dance
dog barking
elephant infrasound
primate alarm calls
whale song
gptkbp:field linguistics
ethology
animal communication
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Animal Language
gptkbp:includes vocalizations
gestures
visual signals
chemical signals
gptkbp:limitation limited vocabulary
context-bound communication
lack of abstract concepts
lack of arbitrariness
lack of complex grammar
lack of cultural transmission
lack of displacement
lack of duality of patterning
lack of metacommunication
lack of open-endedness
lack of productivity
lack of recursion
limited intentionality
limited learning flexibility
limited symbolic reference
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Sue_Savage-Rumbaugh
gptkb:John_Lilly
gptkb:Irene_Pepperberg
Koko the gorilla
Kanzi the bonobo
Louis Herman
Alex the parrot
Washoe the chimpanzee
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Animalia
animal cognition
semiotics
comparative psychology
animal consciousness
animal intelligence
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
cognitive scientists
ethologists
gptkbp:studies communication systems in animals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sally_Can't_Dance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7