Communication In Humans And Other Animals

Author : Gisela Håkansson,Jennie Westander
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027272010

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Communication in Humans and Other Animals by Gisela Håkansson,Jennie Westander Pdf

Communication is a basic behaviour, found across animal species. Human language is often thought of as a unique system, which separates humans from other animals. This textbook serves as a guide to different types of communication, and suggests that each is unique in its own way: human verbal and nonverbal communication, communication in nonhuman primates, in dogs and in birds. Research questions and findings from different perspectives are summarized and integrated to show students similarities and differences in the rich diversity of communicative behaviours. A core topic is how young individuals proceed from not being able to communicate to reaching a state of competent communicators, and the role of adults in this developmental process. Evolutionary aspects are also taken into consideration, and ideas about the evolution of human language are examined. The cross-disciplinary nature of the book makes it useful for courses in linguistics, biology, sociology and psychology, but it is also valuable reading for anyone interested in understanding communicative behaviour.

Author : Samantha Hurn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Animal welfare
ISBN : 1849647267

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Humans and Other Animals by Samantha Hurn Pdf

Explores the evolving and diverse ways in which humans and animals interact, from blood sports to pet keeping

Author : Emily Plec
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780415640053

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Perspectives on Human-animal Communication by Emily Plec Pdf

This book represents early and prominent forays into the subject of human-animal communication from a Communication Studies perspectives, an effort that brings a discipline too long defined by that fallacy of division, human or nonhuman, into conversation with animal studies, biosemiotics, and environmental communication, as well as other recent intellectual and activist movements for reconceptualizing relationships and interactions in the biosphere.

Author : Barbara Noske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Animal welfare
ISBN : UCSC:32106008858844

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Humans and Other Animals by Barbara Noske Pdf

Author : Eva Meijer
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781479809776

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When Animals Speak by Eva Meijer Pdf

A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language and politics, arguing that non-human animals speak—and, most importantly, act—politically. From geese and squid to worms and dogs, she highlights the importance of listening to animal voices, introducing ways to help us bridge the divide between the human and non-human world. Drawing on insights from science, philosophy, and politics, Meijer provides fascinating, real-world examples of animal communities who use their voices to speak, and act, in political ways. When Animals Speak encourages us to rethink our relations with other animals, showing that their voices should be taken into account as the starting point for a new interspecies democracy.

Author : Virginia Morell
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : 9780307461445

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Animal Wise by Virginia Morell Pdf

Explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising examination into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.

Author : Thomas Suddendorf
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780465069842

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The Gap by Thomas Suddendorf Pdf

There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, whereas even our closest animal relatives sit unobtrusively in their dwindling habitats. Yet despite longstanding debates, the nature of this apparent gap has remained unclear. What exactly is the difference between our minds and theirs? In The Gap, psychologist Thomas Suddendorf provides a definitive account of the mental qualities that separate humans from other animals, as well as how these differences arose. Drawing on two decades of research on apes, children, and human evolution, he surveys the abilities most often cited as uniquely human -- language, intelligence, morality, culture, theory of mind, and mental time travel -- and finds that two traits account for most of the ways in which our minds appear so distinct: Namely, our open-ended ability to imagine and reflect on scenarios, and our insatiable drive to link our minds together. These two traits explain how our species was able to amplify qualities that we inherited in parallel with our animal counterparts; transforming animal communication into language, memory into mental time travel, sociality into mind reading, problem solving into abstract reasoning, traditions into culture, and empathy into morality. Suddendorf concludes with the provocative suggestion that our unrivalled status may be our own creation -- and that the gap is growing wider not so much because we are becoming smarter but because we are killing off our closest intelligent animal relatives. Weaving together the latest findings in animal behavior, child development, anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience, this book will change the way we think about our place in nature. A major argument for reconsidering what makes us human, The Gap is essential reading for anyone interested in our evolutionary origins and our relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom.

Author : Núria Almiron,Matthew Cole,Carrie P. Freeman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317552697

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Critical Animal and Media Studies by Núria Almiron,Matthew Cole,Carrie P. Freeman Pdf

This book aims to put the speciesism debate and the treatment of non-human animals on the agenda of critical media studies and to put media studies on the agenda of animal ethics researchers. Contributors examine the convergence of media and animal ethics from theoretical, philosophical, discursive, social constructionist, and political economic perspectives. The book is divided into three sections: foundations, representation, and responsibility, outlining the different disciplinary approaches’ application to media studies and covering how non-human animals, and the relationship between humans and non-humans, are represented by the mass media, concluding with suggestions for how the media, as a major producer of cultural norms and values related to non-human animals and how we treat them, might improve such representations.

Author : Nicola Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484462416

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Talk, Talk, Squawk! by Nicola Davies Pdf

Humans aren't the only creatures who are constantly talking and transmitting messages: animals find all sorts of ways to keep in touch without saying a word. They use colors, patterns, smells, movements, vibrations, sounds, and even electricity to he

Author : Stephen R. Anderson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300115253

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Doctor Dolittle's Delusion by Stephen R. Anderson Pdf

Annotation Dr. Dolittle--and many students of animal communication--are wrong: animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why. Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate? Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many complex behaviors of other species are uniquely theirs? This engrossing book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and asserts that animals are not capable of acquiring or using human language. Stephen R. Anderson explains what is meant by communication, the difference between communication and language, and the essential characteristics of language. Next he examines a variety of animal communication systems, including bee dances, frog vocalizations, bird songs, and alarm calls and other vocal, gestural, and olfactory communication among primates. Anderson then compares these to human language, including signed languages used by the deaf. Arguing that attempts to teach human languagesor their equivalents to the great apes have not succeeded in demonstrating linguistic abilities in nonhuman species, he concludes that animal communication systems--intriguing and varied though they may be--do not include all the essential properties of human language. Animals can communicate, but they can't talk. "Written in a playful and highly accessible style, Anderson's book navigates some of the difficult territory of linguistics to provide an illuminating discussion of the evolution of language."--Marc Hauser, author of "Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think.

Author : Penelope Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439123195

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Animal Talk by Penelope Smith Pdf

A straightforward, easy-to-understand book that teaches you how to directly communicate with animals. Animal Talk teaches you how to open the door to your animal friends’ hearts and minds without resorting to magic tricks or wishful thinking. Every creature can be reached through telepathic communication—from your tabby cat or cockatiel to the wasps that build nests in the eaves of your home or even the common flea—you just have to be open to the idea, and mind-to-mind communication will be in your grasp. In addition to an entire chapter devoted to teaching people how to develop mind-to-mind communication with animals, Animal Talk includes a discussion of freedom, control, and obedience, understanding behaviors from the animal’s point of view, how to handle upsets between animals, tips on nutrition for healthier pets, and the special relationship between animals and children.

Author : William A. Searcy,Stephen Nowicki
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400835720

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The Evolution of Animal Communication by William A. Searcy,Stephen Nowicki Pdf

Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are these--and other animals--sometimes dishonest? That's what William Searcy and Stephen Nowicki ask in The Evolution of Animal Communication. They take on the fascinating yet perplexing question of the dependability of animal signaling systems. The book probes such phenomena as the begging of nesting birds, alarm calls in squirrels and primates, carotenoid coloration in fish and birds, the calls of frogs and toads, and weapon displays in crustaceans. Do these signals convey accurate information about the signaler, its future behavior, or its environment? Or do they mislead receivers in a way that benefits the signaler? For example, is the begging chick really hungry as its cries indicate or is it lobbying to get more food than its brothers and sisters? Searcy and Nowicki take on these and other questions by developing clear definitions of key issues, by reviewing the most relevant empirical data and game theory models available, and by asking how well theory matches data. They find that animal communication is largely reliable--but that this basic reliability also allows the clever deceiver to flourish. Well researched and clearly written, their book provides new insight into animal communication, behavior, and evolution.

Author : John Dupré
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0199247099

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Humans and Other Animals by John Dupré Pdf

John Dupr explores the ways in which we categorize animals, including humans, and comes to refreshingly radical conclusions. It is a mistake to think that each organism has an essence that determines its necessary place in a unique hierarchy. We should reject the misguided concepts of a universal human nature and normality in human behavior. He shows that we must take a pluralistic view of biology and the human sciences.

Author : Marc D. Hauser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0262275082

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Design of animal communication by Marc D. Hauser Pdf

Author : Carl Safina
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780805098891

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Beyond Words by Carl Safina Pdf

I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so-close. This time I allowed myself to ask them the question that for a scientist was forbidden fruit: Who are you? Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words, readers travel to Amboseli National Park in the threatened landscape of Kenya and witness struggling elephant families work out how to survive poaching and drought, then to Yellowstone National Park to observe wolves sort out the aftermath of one pack's personal tragedy, and finally plunge into the astonishingly peaceful society of killer whales living in the crystalline waters of the Pacific Northwest. Beyond Words brings forth powerful and illuminating insight into the unique personalities of animals through extraordinary stories of animal joy, grief, jealousy, anger, and love. The similarity between human and nonhuman consciousness, self-awareness, and empathy calls us to re-evaluate how we interact with animals. Wise, passionate, and eye-opening at every turn, Beyond Words is ultimately a graceful examination of humanity's place in the world.