Are human languages qualitatively different from animal and other communication systems?

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Is Human Communication Qualitatively Better Than Animal And Other Communication Systems

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Is Human Communication Qualitatively Better Than Animal And Other Communication Systems

Introduction

Defining communication sometimes seems to be the chief business of communication scholars , and it has persisted since Aristotle 's time Conceptions of communication are central to inquiry , value-laden and fluid (Edwards and Shepherd , 2004

Communication is a vital part of our everyday life . Communication is the exchange of information between individuals . Communication is something

br that is learned gradually with time . This communication can be done in several ways such as by speaking , sign languages , symbols or behavior People communicate because they want to be heard . Human beings communicate all the time and sometimes do not even realize that they are communicating because it is a normal phenomenon for them . Communication is all about sharing thoughts (Edwards and Shepherd , 2004

Human language is often contrasted with all kinds of communication behavior in other species , and the distinction is held to be the primary difference in kind that distinguishes human beings from animals . Many philosophers and linguists have also argued that human language is closely linked with thinking , if not identical and inseparable (Griffin , 1981

The communication process involves transmission of data from sender to receiver and then feedback from the receiver . This process can get complicated and thus requires a particular symbolic transmission that can be done through language . Language is a means by which everyone can communicate . But that language needs to be a common language , which can be understood by the speaker and listener both . Language is a mode of communication and can be referred to as signals . These signals can be voice , intonations , and gestures etc , and these signals communicate feelings and emotions . Therefore , if that is how language is put then it can be said that even animals have their own language and even they communicate . In simple words language is used to convey your ideas and thoughts . This is true but not completely because along with language other things are also being used for communication and people are usually unaware of it . The common language syndrome can applied to animals as they use encoding and decoding for understanding each other but humans use something more than that . And that is inferring a speaker 's meaning of a sentence on the decoded message (Edwards and Shepherd , 2004

Communication is thus very important for the survival of all living beings whether they are humans or non-humans . To communicate effectively one has to know what communication is and understand it . Communication is the consideration and action of impelling an impulse or particle from source-point across a distance to receipt-point , with the intention of bringing into being at the receipt-point duplication and understanding of that which emanated from the source-point ' Therefore the perfect formula for communication involves cause , intention , attention , effect and duplication with understanding (What is Communication

Human Communication

Human communication is very different from other...