... in greater detail in order to find out to what degree it is possible to say that animals have the ability of language. First of all, there is the use of vocal-auditory channel, which is one of the most obvious features of language and simply means that communication is generated by vocal organs and hearing mechanism receives it. This design feature is not unique to humans and it is relatively widespread in the world of animals. But also, since the linguistic communication can be transmitted via writing or sign language it is not a defining feature of human language. Another feature is arbitrariness, which suggests that the concept and the meaning are not connected; hence the symbols used in language are neutral. For example there is no natural connection between word "rabbit" and the fury animal it symbolizes. This is generally a rule although there are some exceptions - onomatopoeic words such ...

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