Language Communication in Animals: Gestures, Facial Expressions, and Sounds

Running head: LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION 1
LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION

LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION 2
General Introduction
Animal language is basically the form of the normal human communication that shows
the similarities to human language. Animals use different form of the language such as sign
sounds and signs and the language movements (Fröhlich, ET AL 2016). This type of
communication can be considered as one of the most complex method of communication and
hence the signs are relatively arbitrary and animals produce them with the degree of volition.
Many times the animals also make use of the leixgrams and this is mainly used by the
Chimpanzees and bonobos (Yule, 2016).
Thesis Statement: Language of animals is not easy to comprehend, may it be gestures, facial
expressions or the changes in the positions.
Body
As per the video “ Things to know about the chimps” captured by BBC earth it can be
stated that for the purpose of selecting the food the chimpanzees are very special and they decode
in their mind what needs to be picked. The same food was not picked up by the chimpanzee as it
was stored in his/her brain. Further in the video later the wild chimps communicate the 19
specific messages with a lexicon of 66 messages, and one such major gesture to record the fear
was when the chimpanzees were able to create the environment of fear by pulling the jaws up
and screaming. This was the only form of the literal communication among the animals like
chimpanzees. When the chimpanzee’s teeth are covered by the lips than this would mean that
the Chimpanzees are more interested in playing. In this particular video, William has the play
face and not just the facial expressions can be a part of the communication, there are other
wonderful gestures like patting on back, where one chimp pat on the back of the other after that
immediate fight as a gesture to say sorry (Lima, Marques, Pinto & Sousa, 2018). This is an
expression of the submissive behavior as the chimp extended its hand. At times the chimps also
showcase the communication in the form off displaying to show that “I am thee boss”. Pouting in
the language of the chimps means to give some food. Grooming is the gesture which if decoded
means that as a friend the chimp wants to support the other friend. Pretending to bite on one of
the arms of the chimp means the chimps are still enjoying the play fight and want to play more