Animal Communication, Not Language

Most children grow up learning sounds of animals like dogs, cats, cows, chickens and many other common animals. The children are taught dogs bark, cats meow, cows moo, and chickens cluck. This is a simple, yet extremely true fact. Each of the animals mentioned make these noises as their form of communication with other animals of the same species. Also, according to Yule, "Animal communication seems to be designed exclusively for this moment, here and now."(2) This statement and observation supports the fact that animals have ways to communicate, but there are certain biological limits for each animal that restrict their ability to have an official language.