Section: WEEK 2: HUMAN LANGUAGE cf. animal communication systems 10 October | Human language and mind | DL 1

DL 1

Section outline

Design features of language (Hockett): Displacement, compositionality, etc.
Animal communication systems: bees, dolphins, prairie dogs, chimps et al.
Language diversity

Language change: Survival of the fittest?
SEDIVY ch. 2, web activities 1-2

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Readings: Sedivy, ch. 2, part I: pp. 3-31
- Select activity Sedivy ch. 2, part I
  
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- Select activity Šedivý, terms and concepts, ch. 2
  
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- Select activity The day we learned to think, BBC 2003, 3-part series:
  
  The day we learned to think, BBC 2003, 3-part series: Page
- Select activity TED Talk How language transformed humanity, by Mark Pagel
  
  TED Talk How language transformed humanity, by Mark Pagel URL
- Select activity Questions and web activities: Language cf. animal communication systems
  
  Questions and web activities: Language cf. animal communication systems File
- Select activity Class 2 OUTLINE
  
  Class 2 OUTLINE File
- Select activity Ch. 2 web activities
  
  Ch. 2 web activities Assignment