Doctor Dolittles Delusion

Author : Stephen R. Anderson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300115253
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doctor Dolittle's Delusion written by Stephen R. Anderson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Dr. Dolittle--and many students of animal communication--are wrong: animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why. Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate? Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many complex behaviors of other species are uniquely theirs? This engrossing book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and asserts that animals are not capable of acquiring or using human language. Stephen R. Anderson explains what is meant by communication, the difference between communication and language, and the essential characteristics of language. Next he examines a variety of animal communication systems, including bee dances, frog vocalizations, bird songs, and alarm calls and other vocal, gestural, and olfactory communication among primates. Anderson then compares these to human language, including signed languages used by the deaf. Arguing that attempts to teach human languagesor their equivalents to the great apes have not succeeded in demonstrating linguistic abilities in nonhuman species, he concludes that animal communication systems--intriguing and varied though they may be--do not include all the essential properties of human language. Animals can communicate, but they can't talk. "Written in a playful and highly accessible style, Anderson's book navigates some of the difficult territory of linguistics to provide an illuminating discussion of the evolution of language."--Marc Hauser, author of "Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think.

Author : C. N. Slobodchikoff
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031261179X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Doctor Dolittle written by C. N. Slobodchikoff and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how animals are capable of interacting intelligently through vocal and physical methods, drawing on work with prairie dogs to present evidence of animal communication methods and how they can be imitated by human researchers.

Author : Christopher L. Flanders
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532611846
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devoted to Christ written by Christopher L. Flanders and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This festschrift contains original missiological contributions from colleagues and former doctoral students of Dr. Sherwood Lingenfelter. It highlights his twin research interests of anthropology and leadership and points to the profound influence of Sherwood Lingenfelter upon the contemporary missiological landscape. These chapters signal the continuation of his legacy, a flourishing of creative, anthropologically driven mission and leadership studies. Contributors to this work include a marvelous diversity of authors, women and men, voices from North and South, East and West, representing well Dr. Lingefelter's significant global impact.

Author : Hugh Lofting
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513274570
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Doctor Dolittle written by Hugh Lofting and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920) is a children’s fantasy novel by Hugh Lofting. The novel is the first in a series of fifteen books featuring Doctor Dolittle, a character created by Lofting in letters written to his wife and children at home while he served in the Great War. Beloved by generations of adults and children for their imaginative and moral worldview, Lofting’s books have inspired numerous adaptations for theater, film, and television. Doctor John Dolittle is an ordinary physician with an extraordinary gift. Struggling to maintain his clinic, which he runs at the house of his older sister, Dolittle turns his attention to caring for his vast collection of animals from around the world. When his parrot Polynesia teaches him how to speak with animals, however, his dwindling fortunes are reversed, and Dolittle establishes a successful veterinary clinic. As word of his skill reaches others, he is recruited for a voyage to Africa, where help is needed in order to cure an epidemic ravaging the monkey population. When a shipwreck leaves him stranded in a hostile kingdom, however, Doctor Dolittle needs the help of the very monkeys he has come to save in order to escape the clutches of Jolliginki’s king. Featuring pirates, crocodiles, and a magical creature known as a pushmi-pullyu, The Story of Doctor Dolittle is a delightful work of fantasy for children and adults alike. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Hugh Lofting’s The Story of Doctor Dolittle is a classic of English children’s fiction reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Justin Gregg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019966045X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are Dolphins Really Smart? written by Justin Gregg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and separates scientific fact from fiction. He presents the results of the latest research in animal behaviour, and puts our knowledge about them into perspective with comparisons to scientific studies of other animals, especially the crow family and great apes. He gives fascinating accounts of the challenges of testing what an animal with flippers and no facial expressions might actually be thinking. Gregg's evidence-based approach creates a comprehensive and up-to-date study of this fascinating animal which will appeal to all those intrigued by dolphin behaviour.

Author : Hugh Lofting
Publisher : Aladdin
ISBN 13 : 1534449000
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doctor Dolittle The Complete Collection, Vol. 4 written by Hugh Lofting and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time for the major motion picture Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr.—soaring into theaters on January 17, 2020! Journey into the world of Doctor Dolittle, the kind and eccentric naturalist who can speak with animals. Working with original author Hugh Lofting’s son, these books have been fully updated for the modern reader, all while retaining the full charm of the originals. Rediscover the children’s literature classic with four novels from the beloved series! This concluding volume delves into prehistorical puzzles that begin with the Doctor’s arrival on the lunar surface in Doctor Dolittle in the Moon. There he not only meets the Moon Man and intelligent plants, but learns how the moon came to be in the first place. In Doctor Dolittle’s Return, he sets out to reveal all he learned on the moon, but is no sooner off to Africa to rescue his old friend, Mudface the turtle, the last living passenger of Noah’s Ark. In Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake, we at last hear his fascinating tale of The Great Flood. This complete collection of the tales of Doctor Dolittle concludes with the delectable dessert that is Gub Gub’s Book, in which the famous pig writes a book of his own: an encyclopedia of food!

Author : Hugh Lofting
Publisher : Doctor Dolittle
ISBN 13 : 9781944091194
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Revised, Newly Illustrated Edition written by Hugh Lofting and published by Doctor Dolittle. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins of the remarkable Doctor Dolittle are revealed! With 33 all-new illustrations of the quirky Doctor and his animal pals. . . this classic story with an updated magical twist, is sure to be a family favorite!

Author : Kirk Hazen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470658967
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Language written by Kirk Hazen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Language offers an engaging guide to the nature of language, focusing on how language works – its sounds, words, structures, and phrases – all investigated through wide-ranging examples from Old English to contemporary pop culture. Explores the idea of a scientific approach to language, inviting students to consider what qualities of language comprise everyday skills for us, be they sounds, words, phrases, or conversation Helps shape our understanding of what language is, how it works, and why it is both elegantly complex and essential to who we are Includes exercises within each chapter to help readers explore key concepts and directly observe the patterns that are part of all human language Examines linguistic variation and change to illustrate social nuances and language-in-use, drawing primarily on examples from English Avoids linguistic jargon, focusing instead on a broader and more general approach to the study of language, and making it ideal for those coming to the subject for the first time Supported by additional web resources – available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/hazen/introlanguage – including student study aids and testbank and notes for instructors

Author : Hugh Lofting
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Doctor Dolittle written by Hugh Lofting and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work narrates the experiences of a kind-hearted doctor who loves animals and understands their language. The adventure starts when he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to heal the monkeys from a terrible sickness.

Author : David Mevorach Seidenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107081335
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kabbalah and Ecology written by David Mevorach Seidenberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kabbalah and Ecology resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions. David Mevorach Seidenberg challenges the anthropocentric reading of the Torah, showing that a radically different orientation to the more-than-human world of nature leads to a more accurate interpretation of scripture, rabbinic texts, Maimonides, and Kabbalah.