Animals are capable of many amazing feats. Some even have remarkable learning and communication abilities, but do they have language? In part three of our series on language we take a look at the linguistic abilities of several animals and highlight a few of the distinctions between animal communication and human language.

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The Here and Now Podcast Language Series
Alex - The Genius Grey Parrot (YouTube)
Washoe the signing chimpanzee (YouTube)
Kanzi the bonobo who can talk (YouTube)
Talking the Talk: Language Psychology and Science – Trevor Harley (2017)
The Evolution of Language – W. Tecumseh Fitch (2010)
The Language Instinct - Steven Pinker (2010)

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