Animals Are Capable of Communication Too!

Steven Holland
Engl 1101
Dr. Hughes
Blog 5

Thesis Statement- Many people don’t think that animals are capable of communicating with the human race. Animals can indeed communicate with humans through various methods other than speech. The inability to speak does not stop many animals from communicating with humans; especially if they are taught to communicate using sign language or some other method of communication.

Quote 1: “Yet we know that creatures are capable of communicating, certainly with other members of their own species. Is it possible that a creature could learn to communicate with humans using language?”(The Study of Language, George Yule)
This quote will essentially be used to introduce the topic and to make the reader think to himself, “can animals really communicate with humans? I wonder.”

Quote 2: “Riders can say Woah to horses and they stop"(The Study of Language, George Yule)
This quote shows that animals can understand human speech. It shows the possibility that humans can understand some form of language that an animal would be capable of using.

Quote 3: “Some of the forms appear to have been inventions by Washoe, as in her novel sign for bib and in the combination water bird, which would seem to indicate that her communication system had the potential for productivity.”
This quote proves that animals, chimpanzees in this instance, are capable of communicating with humans and developing their own form words that they have not been taught.