Animals & human language Animals and human language. | Page 4

Properties of
human language
 While we tend to
think of
communication as
the primaty
function of human
language. it is not a
distinguishing
feature. All
creatures
communicate in
some way. for
example one
barking dog is
probably not
offering advice to
another barking
dog along the lines
of "Hey, you'd lower
your bark to make it
sound more
menacing" They're
not barking about
barking Humans
are clearly able to
reflect on language
and its uses
Reflexivity it's the
fact that we can use
language to think
and talk itself.