Human language differs from language in nonhuman animals in that (select all that apply):

A. humans understand metaphor and
nonhuman animals don't.
B. human infants strive to learn grammatical
language and nonhuman animals don't.
C. human language is more complex than is
nonhuman language.
D. only human language includes distinct
wordsspecific sets of sounds that can identify
specific objects in the environment.
E. None of these accurately describe
differences between human and non-human
language.


A,B,C

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