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arrow-up1704imageInterspecies linguisticsmander.xyz@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThat’s cool as hell and animals definitely have all kinds of methods of communication that I’m sure we haven’t figured out yet - but it’s not language.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoOkay, I’ll bite. Why isn’t it language? And how do you define that a method of communication qualifies to be called a language? Also, what would you call a method of communication that lies somewhere in between “follow the pheromones” and “modern human comms”?
That’s cool as hell and animals definitely have all kinds of methods of communication that I’m sure we haven’t figured out yet - but it’s not language.
Okay, I’ll bite.
Why isn’t it language? And how do you define that a method of communication qualifies to be called a language?
Also, what would you call a method of communication that lies somewhere in between “follow the pheromones” and “modern human comms”?
What’s your definition of language?