In the Netherlands, sociolinguist Leonie Cornips and her team are looking at the way that dairy cows communicate with one another, and whether it can be classified as a language. According to Cornips, the term "language" should have a much broader definition than it is usually given. Indeed, the way that both humans and animals communicate has a lot more to it than what comes out of the mouth.
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