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In ten pages this paper discusses how animals think and communicate and the correlation that exists between language and thinking, the gestured communications of apes, the shared human and animal capacity for language, and the impact of socialization on language complexity. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can
do the same" (Wynne, 2007, p. 10). For centuries, scientists and anthropologists have accepted Descartes conclusion as correct. However, since the 1950s, studies into animal behavior have focused
more upon thought patterns and what they reveal about how different species communicate. Nearly all animals express themselves through some type of oral communications. Birds sing, caw, and
chirp; dogs bark; cats meow; cows moo; chickens cluck; pigs oink; dolphins whistle; apes grunt; and hyenas laugh, just to name a few. But what significance do these distinctive
communications have for each animal species? In recent years, research studies have considered the correlation between language and thought, the shared capacity of animals and humans for thinking and
language, how animals exhibit language, the gestured communication of apes, whether or not animals actually understand words and grammar, and socialization and the impact of animal social groups upon the
complexity of their language. 1. The Correlation Between Language and Thought Scientists have learned there appears to be a complex relationship between thought and language (Myers, 2006). The
findings of renowned linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941) that were published in 1956 assert that language is responsible for determining the ways in which humans think (Myers, 2006). For
instance, Whorf observed that the Hopi tribe has difficulty in thinking about the past because their language contains no past tense for verbs (Myers, 2006). Words for events or
objects provides for greater clarity in terms of how they may be distinguished or remembered (Myers, 2006). For instance, it is much easier to think of or remember two
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