Comparison between human language and animal langu 人类语言与动物语言区别

Comparison between human language and animal language

Language is a means of communication, including the human language and the animal language.

These two kinds of languages have something in common. First, both of them are used for exchanging information and expressing. Second, they all have three major components: a sound system, a system of lexicogrammar and a system of semantics. Third, they have a intimate relation to the societies and individuals who use them. However, what is more important, they have a big difference in many aspects.

First of all, the human language must be mastered in the future life from learning, on the contrary, the animal language can be possessed from the time when they come into the world. Second, the limation is a large part of causes that can not be neglected, the time and the district may have a found-mental influence on the human language. People in different sections also can understand each other easily, but the animal can only be understood among their own group. Third, as to the function, the human language acts as a tool for access to different fields of knowledge, such as the academic study and so on.The animal language does not work in this respect. Fourth, arbitrariness and creativity are the famous features of human language, it has myths and regular pause, owns the infinite use of finite means. The animal language is just a sign among animals. Also, there are still many differences need to be studied between

these two kinds of languages.

Summing up from all the above, they are specialization, broadcast transmission and directional reception, interchangeability, sem-anticity, arbitrariness and discreteness. The distinctions are vocal-auditory channel, total feedback and traditional transmission. Rapid fading is not sufficient for both human language and animal language. They will be passed down from one generation to another generation.