^ #Cats, who know that imitating baby-like yelps is effective for communicating “I want to eat or play” to humans (but also know that the same sounds have no effect with other cats) have a better grasp of what language is for (communicating using context-dependent, socially-understood functions and meanings) than Chomsky et al. (who think it’s mostly an internal cognitive exercise in which someone arranges and spits out “universal” symbols). #cat #CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon #cutecat #lovelyCats