Valnao@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 天前Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down12cross-posted to: environment@aussie.zonelinguistics@mander.xyzscience@mander.xyzworld@lemmy.worldethology@mander.xyz
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkSperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study findswww.theguardian.comValnao@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 天前message-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: environment@aussie.zonelinguistics@mander.xyzscience@mander.xyzworld@lemmy.worldethology@mander.xyz
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·16 天前When they taught apes sign language, it got stuck on the fact that they couldn’t form structured sentences (they just mimed jumbled strings of words). Perhaps whales will be different?
minus-squarestandardUser@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 天前You trying to tell me this is not a correctly structured sentence from my boy Nim the chimp, Give Me Orange Give Orange Me Give Eat Orange Me Eat Orange Give Me Eat Orange Give Me You
minus-squarePoem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 天前I mean it seems he got the jist of the meaning
When they taught apes sign language, it got stuck on the fact that they couldn’t form structured sentences (they just mimed jumbled strings of words). Perhaps whales will be different?
You trying to tell me this is not a correctly structured sentence from my boy Nim the chimp,
Give Me Orange Give Orange Me Give Eat Orange Me Eat Orange Give Me Eat Orange Give Me You
I mean it seems he got the jist of the meaning
Well, at least he tried