Are the numerous dog breeds proof of evolution?

[Stann]

Just as natural as any dog.

Human concepts arose from nature, too.

I guess there could be another world where people segregated themselves because of different eye color.

 

[Stann]

Nope.

Looked up dolphins. They refer to their communications as a language. Their language allows for individual identification. That's one of the basic prerequisite of language. Our alphabet has only 27 letters ( tonal values ). Dolphins have thousands of tonal values. We can't even hear them all.

 

[Unkotare]

Looked up dolphins. They refer to their communications as a language....

Not by trained linguists.

 

[Stann]

Not by trained linguists.

That's true. They don't even recognize American Sign Language as a language yet it functions as such.

 

[Unkotare]

...They don't even recognize American Sign Language as a language ...

of course they do.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

of course they do.

My daughter took 4 years of ASL in high school. She was the only TSA officer who could communicate with passengers at her airport when the city hosted the National Association of the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired convention.

 

[Stann]

of course they do.

I looked it up. They don't. It doesn't meet their definition of what language is.

 

[Unkotare]

I looked it up. They don't. It doesn't meet their definition of what language is.

Yes they do, and yes it does. I am one of “them.”

 

[Stann]

Yes they do, and yes it does. I am one of “them.”

You better talk to your coworkers then , what your saying doesn't agree with their statement about American Sign Language.

 

[Stann]

Yes they do, and yes it does. I am one of “them.”

Perhaps you mean they recognize it as a substitute for language. Which is what it is.

 

[Unkotare]

You better talk to your coworkers then , what your saying doesn't agree with their statement about American Sign Language.

Well, it’s what about a dozen professors of Linguistics said when I was earning my masters degree.

 

[Unkotare]

Perhaps you mean they recognize it as a substitute for language. Which is what it is.

Nope, it’s a language. With an extensive vocabulary, complex grammar, and the ability to express abstract ideas and create novel expressions. And just like other languages, there are different sign languages in different parts of the world.

 

[Stann]

Nope, it’s a language. With an extensive vocabulary, complex grammar, and the ability to express abstract ideas and create novel expressions. And just like other languages, there are different sign languages in different parts of the world.

You win , I'll ignore that statement that I read.