ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Regardless of varying levels of intelligence, it is highly unlikely we will ever be able to come to a true understanding with our animal brethren. This is because the way in which a particular species communicates isn’t universal, but predicated on evolution and further modified by conspecific social interaction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Doctor Dolittle is one of the most famous characters in literature who knows the language of animals. He did not get the gift of talking to animals in some miraculous way: he learned it from a parrot.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since normativity is essential to our language, animals don’t have a language in the sense we do. Animals produce sounds that express their emotions, and some can use signs in a Pavlovian way, as a result of an association between previous uses and succeeding events.

Detailed explanation-4: -The study of language in animals, often referred to as biolinguistics, attempts to refute this idea. No-one claims animals other than humans can accomplish the same linguistic abilities like humans, however, it is assumed some animals can provide evidence of some linguistic competence.