The Birds and the Bees
What is crabs movement to signal to another member?
claw-waving
What animals are known for their ability to reproduce words and phrases, but are unable to understand their meaning?
Parrots and mynas.
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What is the name of the author of the book "The Language Instinct"?
Steven Pinker
In what order did the presenters speak?
1. Kasiet
2. Iasmina
3. Dilde
4. Karina
Who does birdsong convey information to?
to other members of species and sometimes to other animals
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Explain, why Alice and other assistants don’t know human language.
Voice assistants such as Alice and Siri cannot understand human language in a meaningful sense because they rely on language and data processing algorithms rather than deep understanding and consciousness. They process text and perform tasks based on preprogrammed patterns and patterns rather than on a true understanding of meaning.
What language has only two color words, black and white?
Grand Valley Dani
Which famous doctor from the fictional world could communicate with animals?
Doctor Dolittle
For what do birds use birdsongs?
to stake out territory and to attract mates
What achievements did the dogs Rico and Chaser show in understanding words?
Rico mastered about 200 words, and Chaser mastered 1022 words. Both were able to associate new words with unfamiliar objects, which shows their high level of associative thinking.
Could computers learn human language in the future?
Yes, machines could potentially learn human language in the future, but their understanding will likely remain limited to pattern recognition and data processing rather than true comprehension and consciousness. Advances in AI may improve their ability to mimic human language more accurately, but genuine understanding may still be out of reach.
What do you know about the Hopi Indians?
the Hopi Indians do not perceive time in the same way as speakers of European languages because the Hopi language does not make the grammatical distinctions of tense.
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........ and …….. fundamental properties that distinguish human language from the communication systems of birds and other animals.
displacement, discreteness
Why can't primates reach the level of human language?
Their signals are limited, they cannot create new meanings and talk about the past or the future
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Give any example from the presentation.
your answer
What words are used to refer to a disabled person?
Handicapped, crippled, disabled, challenged, person with disability
What is displacement in linguistics?
the capacity to talk messages that are unrelated to here and now
What quality of human language has not been demonstrated by primates in experiments with artificial languages?
Primates have not demonstrated the creative capacity for language that allows humans to create new and complex sentences that they have never heard or spoken before.
What is the essence of the Turing test?
The essence of the Turing test is to determine whether a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human. In this test, if a human evaluator cannot reliably distinguish between responses from a machine and a human during a conversation, the machine is considered to have passed the test.
What claims did Edward Sapir write in 1929?
In 1929 he wrote:
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society ... we see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.
Whorf made even stronger claims:
The background linguistic system of each language is not merely the reproducing instrument for voicing ideas but rather is itself the shaper of ideas, the program and guide for the individual's mental activity, for his analysis of impressions, for his synthesis of his mental stock ni trade. We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.
How many slides does the presentation have?
28