CE3_Lesson 10 If We Could Talk with the Animals...

It is a dream of many people to be able to communicate with animals and know what they’re

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Scientists have been wondering if animals have the ability to understand a system of symbols like language.

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Researchers are teaching hand signals to dolphins at the University of Hawaii.

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The dolphins demonstrated that they understood the grammatical difference between subjects and objects, but they sometimes got confused when they tried to follow new commands.

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Studies on the ability of chimpanzees to use language have begun recently.

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A chimpanzee called Washoe started learning ASL when she was two years old. She has mastered 132 ASL signs.

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Studies on the ability of chimpanzees to use language have begun recently.

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Chimpanzees can distinguish simple signs, but they are sometimes at a loss when they have to tell the difference between “take the potato outdoors” and “go outdoors and get the potato.”

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Chimpanzees can produce new words or phrases when they can’t find a word.

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There seems to be a lot of room for discussion as to what distinguishes communication from true language or whether chimpanzees have the capacity for language.

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