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Do Animals Talk Naturally: Group 1 Herlia Indriana Mahrobi Irawan Sri Kumala Devi Vonda Amelia
Do Animals Talk Naturally: Group 1 Herlia Indriana Mahrobi Irawan Sri Kumala Devi Vonda Amelia
Group 1
Herlia Indriana
Mahrobi Irawan
Sri Kumala Devi
Vonda Amelia
• Continuity theory
Human language is an evolvement from a more primitive animal
s which means it continually grow and develop.
• Discontinuity theory
Human language may be something quite different from our basi
c animal heritage.
CONTINUITY THEORY
• Vocal-auditory channel: The ability to produce sound from vocal organs and he
aring mechanism receives them. Can be done even in the dark, doesn't require
lot of energy, can be done while doing other activity.
• Arbitrariness: Human language use neutral symbols. No connector between the
word described and the thing it refers to.
• Onomatopoeic: A connection between the message they are sending and the si
gnal they use to convey.
• Semanticity: The use of symbols to refer to objects and actions. Applied to actio
n as well as objects.
• Spontaneous usage: human initiates speech freely.
• Turn taking: taking turn when speaking