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N this tale we must distinguish be- 

 tween a language and a vocabulary. 

 A phonetic vocabulary is possible 

 only to man, for he alone possesses the 

 physiological mechanism to use it. The 

 parrot is excluded, for its vocabulary is to 

 speech what a picture is to reality. 



Consequently, fish have no vocabulary; 

 but they have a language. They talk just as 

 the crow talks when it sends a warning, or 

 the dog when it is hot on the scent. 



We must distinguish also between the 



mental state and the expression of such a 



state. The deaf mute may be angry, though 



he possess no vocabulary with which to up- 



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