Linguistics presentation

(1)It’s a 10-15 minute presentation on topic in communicative systems of cat. Create slides for your presentation on the topic of your choice.

(2) Annotate each slide with what you want to say about the slide — either by adding notes at the bottom of the slide or in a separate document. (Using Microsoft PowerPoint.) Please do it as the example below.

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(username: student, password: lingcourse) is an example presentation material from a previous class. It’s on Beluga whales. The student did a great job by

– illustrating the sounds made by the whales and explaining what communicative purpose each sound serves

– discussing how the methods of Beluga whales’ sound perception and production differ from the perception/production methods we discussed in class (e.g. use of nasal sacs as opposed to vocal cords for production, use of melons as opposed to the ear for perception)

– discussing the whales’ non-verbal mode of communication (compared to the verbal mode of communication that we chiefly focused on in class)

– comparing how young Beluga whales learn their language with human language acquisition