Dialogic Research Paper

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Question arises about whether or not communication with animals is dialogic or monologic. Majority of society would probably think animals cannot communicate with us, generating the assumption that the connection is dialogic. However, that theory is incorrect for several different reasons. Dogs, for example, communicate with their owners with every movement and noise they make. Moping, sniffing, and watching are all examples of how dogs communicate with us non-verbally. They also communicate with us verbally by barking and crying. Animals obviously do not speak the same language as us so they use their body language to send us messages. If dogs did not have the ability to communicate with us, we would not be able to care for them as pets. The

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