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Animals speaking or talking animals are non-human animals that can produce sounds or movements that resemble human language. Some species or groups of animals have developed forms of communication that superficially resemble verbal language; however, these are not defined as language because they lack one or more of the defining characteristics, namely grammar, syntax, recursion and displacement. Researchers have managed to teach some animals to make gestures similar to sign language. However, these animals failed to achieve one or more of the accepted criteria as the decisive language.

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On impersonation and understanding

This term refers to animals that can imitate (though not necessarily understand) human speech. Parrots, for example, repeat things that do not make sense through exposure. This is a form of anthropomorphism to call this human speech, because it has no semantic foundation.

Clever Hans is a horse that is claimed to have been able to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. After an official inquiry in 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst pointed out that the horse actually did not perform these mental tasks, but observed the reaction of human observers. The horse responds to unintentional cues in the body language of the trainer or someone who asks the horse questions and knows the answer but does not realize that they are giving the signal.

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In animal language formality

"Formal language" requires communication with syntax and semantics. It is not enough for someone to communicate information or even use symbols to communicate ideas.

Researchers have tried to teach great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos) oral language with poor results, and sign language with much better results. However, even great apes communicating best have shown an inability to grasp the notion of syntax and grammar, rather than communicating best at the same level as the pidgin language in humans. They are expressive and communicative, but lack the formality that remains unique to human speech.

Modern research shows that the main difference is the lack of questions posed by animals and that formal syntax is only a superficial detail, but the parrot Alex has been noted to have asked existential questions. There are other differences too, including poor precision, as Kanzi bonobo points out using lexigram to catch alternately with it to get , although this behavior may not be the same for all animals. Research supports the idea that linguistic limitations in animals are caused by limited general brain capacity (not due to lack of a particular module), and that words are created by breaking sentences into sections, making grammar more fundamental than semantics. The claim that syntax is the main difference between dubious humans and animals.

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Report a case by species

Bird

• Research conducted by Dr. Irene Pepperberg points out that parrots are capable of speaking in context and with deliberate meanings. One of the Pepperberg parrots, Alex, the gray parrot, shows the ability to gather words from letters.

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