Symbol language (information transfer)
Symbol language refers to the transmission of information about an object or a situation in its absence using symbols .
The spoken language of people, writing as a recorded spoken language as well as formal languages (mathematics) and programming languages (computer science) are symbolic languages. In the animal kingdom there is also a symbolic language with the dance language of the honeybees . Certain great apes , such as chimpanzees or gorillas, can learn symbolic languages in close contact with humans and communicate with their human carers about simple facts.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Symbol language In: Lexikon der Biologie . Spectrum Publishing House.