Sentences with phrase «blocks of human language»

Words are the basic building blocks of human language, but they are hardly ever found in nonhuman vocal communication.

And that suggests that this ability — which is an important building block of human language — extends further back in time in our primate lineage than previously thought.

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If I were to guess — and that is all any outsider can do at this point — I would say that the language of intrinsic value still in the Charter, granting nature some immunity from human need, language which, as noted, the Earth Charter Commission regards as essential and nonnegotiable, will prove the final stumbling block to official acceptance.

Scientists have long believed that humans» ability to form words — basic building blocks of language — emerged as a distinctive brain mechanism to support communication.

This is an easy task for a dolphin, but it is a necessary building block towards our goal of a complete language interface between humans and dolphins.»

For instance, Resort III (2013), which is placed in the entrance to the gallery, uses the language of mineral precipitation to investigate the dependency of humans upon their habitat, whilst blocks are incorporated into the feet of the standing works to exaggerate their precariousness.