Presents a seven-step program to help communicate with animals, develop a deeper connection with pets, and find solutions to behavioral problems.
Michael Silverstein, “Metapragmatic Discourse and Metapragmatic Function,” in Reflexive Language: Reported Speech and Metapragmatics, ed. John A. Lucy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), 33–58. 9.
Filled with meticulous research, vivid examples and daring conclusions, this book will challenge the reader's assumptions and open up new possibilities of understanding our fellow creatures.
The text, too, is both intimate and informative, allowing for a deep connection with, and a great admiration for, each one of the animals.
Almost everyone has had a moment when they've felt a connection to an animal. Animal communicator Marta Williams says this is the basis of animal communication and it's a skill anyone can develop.
Some aquatic animals are highly social, like dolphins, while others, like sharks, are mostly loners.
Engaging with the work of Freud, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Derrida, this book reconceptualises the language divide between humans and animals within the context of animal ethics.
In Tongue-Tied, Hanh Nguyen unpacks the many metaphors, meanings, and grammatical formulations that speak to and echo our physical exploitation of other-than-human animals, and shows how they constrain our abilities to relate to our animal ...
Annotation Dr. Dolittle--and many students of animal communication--are wrong: animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why. Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate?
What does it mean when a dog crouches low and wags his tail? And why is that bird hanging upside down?! Find out in How to Speak Animal, the all-in-one beginner's guide for decoding animal language--and learning to communicate back!
In this 10 year anniversary edition of Ted Andrews' best selling and award winning book on animals, Ted expands and revises the entire work.