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Abstract

Man is the only animal that can communicate by means of abstract symbols. Yet this ability shares many features with communication in other animals, and has arisen from these more primitive systems.

@article{charles60theOrigin,
  author={Charles F. Hockett},
  title={The origin of speech},
  journal={Scientific American},
  year={1960},
  volume={203},
  pages={88-96},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/charles60theOrigin.html}
}