SECOND TERM- THIRD ARTICLE REFLECTION

 

Can  men amd women be friends? This question has been discussed for as long as I've known. Some say that No! It is impossible. Men and women cannot be friends. However, in the article called 'Can Men and Women Be Friends' , the author says that they can be friends. I agree with the author on this point because I have had many male friends and our relationship has been still at the level of  only friendship. My female friends are not superior to male ones in every field of my life.

However, I cannot say that there is no exception in these relationships. Sometimes females or males, it is not important, can feel some things beyond friendship. I have never experienced such a thing but I know ones who were shocked when they noticed something unusual between themselves. I think this type of situations can be tolerated because it is imposible to make people emotionless. Everyone has the right to love and this can be among male-female friends. If you are open for a love affair you respond to him or her in which way you like. It is up to you. Nobody can force you to love or hate someone else.

To sum up, it is possible to be friends for a male and female although some think there cannot be such a friendship.

WIKI COMMENTS

Dear Ayla, Özge and Elif:)
I really like your wiki project and I want to congratulate all of you for creating such a great job. The subject attracted my attention at first glance because your topic is about a,food and eating. I read it with a great pleasure. You divided your topic in an effective way. Your writings are clear and understandable. You added some visula ads and a good video. These all make your project more effective. Thank you for informing us:)


Dear Esra, Fatoş and Hasan:)
Your topic is one of the most general ones, but you managed to create a good project. You divided your topic into sub-topics successfully and you expressed your informations clearly. You visual ads are really suitable for topic. However, the think I like most in your project is the part 'Be A Good Sport'.It cannot be ignored that sport is an essential part of our lives but I am not interested in any kind of sport professionally. Thank you for your sharings:)

COMMENTS

http://07tugrul.blogspot.com/2013/03/galatasaray-fc.html?showComment=1371070154470#c3427004309440301198
http://helinakin.blogspot.com/2013/06/second-article-reflection-spring.html

http://halealbayrak.blogspot.com/2013/06/reflection-3-article-called-papa.html 

http://buse-caliskan.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-beneficial-machine.html

REVISED VERSION OF CULTURE SHOCK

                                                                                                   All of the people live in a social environment. The more they stay here and share some things with others the more they are accustomed to this environment. Objects and people which they see every day are familiar to them without being aware of. However, it is impossible to stay in the same place for our whole life. Our environment, of course, changes or gets new shapes with the differences. This change could stem from so many reason such as; education, business, etc..
          When people join a new culture, they have some troubles unfortunately. They see unfamiliar objects, people or places any more. They have difficulty in passing their time because in the beginning they do not know where they go or with whom they spend their time. Everything they observe is strange for them and they have to adjust all things in their lives to this new environment. For example, I met a girl who had just moved to Turkey from Germany in my last year of high school. She was always crying and saying that she was missing her friends and previous school. She was finding our culture strange and she had difficulty in adapting herself to this new culture. I am sure if I were in her situation I would experience same troubles.
          People in a new culture most probably feel depressed, isolated and alone. They become homesick and do not want to do anything. They are always curious about how they will get used to live there. These feelings are very natural, but as the time passes the case starts to change for most of those people. They meet new people who were unfamiliar to them before. They learn the language of the culture in which they are living and start to feel more comfortable. They discover that there are a lot to do in this country such as, going new cafes or restaurants, touristic trips. Probably they start to love this environment more than the previous one. However the situation may come to an unsatisfactory state. It is a really serious problem for a human psychology, and the person who faces with this kind of problem should be patient and consult a physician.
          Consequently, there is no person who has never experienced adjustment problem, but time and patience can solve all these challenges.

                                                                                              MERVE BAYRAM

                     

REVISED VERSION OF TANGO

Tango is my favorite dance and I want to share some things about it.Actually I do not know how to tango because there has been no opportunity to learn it so far.Probably in the future I could be a good tangoist:) and you can come to see me..

     Tango is a Latin dance that was originated in Buenos-Aires, Argentine. Although it seems like an upper-class dance,actually it emerged in lower-class of Argentine. At the beginning it was played in the streets of the city among the African immigrants.However, it attracted the attention of upper-class people in a short time and then started to spread all over the Europe by some travelers.

        There are some basic characteristics of tango such as.lead and follow, body contact,feelings,its story..etc.These are the indispensable parts of Tango. Every tango dance has its own story and while watching the dance you can hear or live this story at the same time. Music is also one of the most important things in tango. It must be suitable for the story which will be expressed during the dance.

         There are so many types of tango, but I would like the three of them.The first style is Argentine tango.It is the original form of tango which belongs to Buenos-Aires. It is more improvisional in comparison to other styles. The feelings and romanticism can be seen clearly while watching the dance.The second one is American tango that emerged in America. It is less romantic but, there are also feelings in the American tango.It is a semi-closed positional dance.The third type is The International tango. There is no feeling in it and it is a choreographed dance that means studied before the show.Thus,if one of the dancer forgets her/her routine it is really difficult to compensate. It is usually used in International Tango Competitions.

          Many thing can be said about it,but I want to share with you a quotation by Miguel Zotto ;

           Tango is improvised. It is improvised all the way. There are no combinations. In tango you can’t be preoccupied with steps. You need to express your feelings while listening to the music.

                                            

SECOND TERM-SECOND ARTICLE REFLECTION

        I want to write about the article called 'At Home with Mamma'. It attracts my attention at first glance because generally I prefer reading and writing about social topics in comparison to others.  For this reason, I read this article with a great pleasure an decided to write about it.
        Firstly, I would like to talk about its content. It tells about the fact that young Italian men is staying with their family for their mother's service for them. I like the way the writer compose his article because he supports his writing with a useful example, Gianluca VINTI, and by giving some statistics and facts according to The Italian National Statistics Institute. He also talks about the reasons underlying this situation.I think the first reason why these people prefer to live with their mothers is economical. There is an established order at home. Their lives are regulated by their parents, and even if they start to earn their own money, they cannot leave this order because creating a new life and environment costs them too much . The second reason is becuase of mothers.They meet all their children's needs. They are tidying their rooms every day, washing and ironing their cloths and even bringing them water. The example in the article is summarizing every thing. Mothers do not prepare their children for living alone and they have great pleasure by doing that. They say that they are happy while serving their children all the time.All these things force young men unwittingly to live with their family until they are married even if their ages are in thirties.
        I think this situation may turn into a problem because every person, no matter men or women, can overcome his/her life without his/her mother. Actually, this is a rule to become an adult. If you cannot manage living on your own, many challenges are waiting for you in your further steps. Especially, after they marry with a woman, they may face many problems with their wifes and their relationship may be impaired because of these men's habits.

SECOND TERM- 4-UNKNOWN SIDES OF TELEVISION

 Television, abbreviated to TV, is a widely used communication system for broadcasting or receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. It is one of the most indispensable parts of human life. Some people even regard it as a member of their family. Although it is an invention and made by human, why do people think that television is something excellent? According to TİK( Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu), average time that people have spent watching TV is 5.11 hours in United States and is 4.5 hours in Turkey. Everyone enjoys watching TV channels, because they can obtain new things or just entertain by watching them. Therefore, television is an advantageous tool because of its educational, funny and informative elements.

First of all, TV includes many programs from which people can learn plenty of information. It provides many opportunities like history and science channels for people. For example, a program broadcasted in a history channel may attract the interest of a student more than his/her history lecture, so the facts obtained from here are more lasting for the students. Additionally, there are many cartoons and animation films for children. These programs show many of visuals and the contents of these cartoons are mainly designed for teaching basic knowledge of life to children. For example, Peppe and Calliou are cartoons which give examples of social rules to children. As the time passes, children become more aware of their around. They start to think, examine and understand things, and this improves their intelligence to a great extent.

Secondly, TV entertains people with movies, series and shows. Actually, it enables to have fun by gathering whole family together most of the time. In other words it is a way of entertaining. People invite their relatives, select a good movie and spend their time by doing such a great activity. They can share many things thanks to television. Also, TV has some sport channels and people can follow their favorite matches, teams or sports in these channels. A few of people can go matches and watch it in the same time. The rest use their TV channels for this purpose and this makes TV more important for them.

Finally, people can get more information about what is happening in all over the world. It is not possible to visit every country and learn their culture its own place. However, TV gives people chance to see almost every beauty of the world. Different types of cultures, languages and life styles are represented by some TV channels like National Geographic. Each of TV series is also a source to learn different cultures because they reflect the society where they take place. Besides, all of the events in the world are announced by TV and people can be informed about the news in both their own country and the others even in a few hours. They can also guess the weather by watching whether forecasts and they make their plans according to weather

On the whole, as a tool for learning, entertaining and getting information TV is beneficial for society. People can learn some useful, scientific or social information by watching TV. They can also make fun thanks to movies, series or shows in TV. Finally, TV informs people about news and weather forecasts about all over the world. When thinking all of these services, it is unfair to say that TV is a harmful thing.

Second Term-First Article Reflection

PAPA, THE PHILOSOPHER

        This article ,'Papa, The Philosopher' ,is really an effective one to show how important our parents are in both our social and psychological lives. I guessed that this article would make me bored when I read its name and saw 'the philosopher' at the first view.However, when I glanced its content I realized that it was about a meaningful story.

        It tells about a boy who lives in California with his family, but his origin is Italian.When he is a little child he is not aware of the things that they face with.As the time passes, he starts to understand the discrimination turning around him and his family.One day, he is attached by some American boys.He fells really sorry and humiliated being an Italian boy.The main message shows up when his father talks with him about this circumstance.He tries to say that he should not be ashamed of being an Italian.In addition to this, instead of reacting their nasty behaviors, he recommends his son to invite these boys to home in order to show that there is no difference between them.

        I cannot say that I can totally understand these types of people who must cope with these challenges only because of their national properties.The only thing that I can do is to put myself into their position.It is really a difficult problem because you must be strong to show that you have or lack nothing different from others.You can do this  with the support of your family even if your age is not enough for this like the example in the article.

       Finally, I want to mention the structure and content of the article.The writer uses a fluent language.The article is divided into many paragraphs and the reader do not get bored while reading it.The story is absorbing and I read it with a great pleasure:)

SECOND TERM 3-TANGO-

        Tango is my favorite dance and I want to share some things about it.Actually I do not know how to tango because there has been no opportunity to learn it so far.Maybe in the future I could be a good tangoist:) and you can come to see me..

     Tango is a Latin dance that was originated in Buenos-Aires, Argentine. Although it seems like an upper-class dance,actually it emerged in lower-class of Argentine. In the beginning it was played in the streets of the city among the African immigrants.However, it attracted the attention of upper-class people shortly after and then started to spread all over the Europe by some travelers.

        There are some basic characteristics of tango such as.lead and follow, body contact,feelings,its story..etc.These are the indispensable parts of Tango. Every tango dance has its own story and while watching the dance you can hear or live this story in the same time. Music is also one of the most important things in tango. It must be suitable for the story which will be expressed during the dance.

         There are so many types of tango, but I would like the three of them. First style is Argentine tango.It is the original form of tango which belongs to Buenos-Aires. It is more improvisional in comparison to other styles. The feelings and romanticism can be seen clearly while watching the dance.The second one is American tango that emerged in America. It is less romantic but, there are also feelings in the American tango.It is a semi-closed positional dance.The third type is International tango. There is no feeling in it and it is a choreographed dance that means studied before the show.Thus,if one of the dancer forgets her/her routine it is really difficult to compensate. It is usually used in International Tango Competitions.

          Many thing can be said about it,but I want to share with you a quotation by Miguel Zotto ;

           Tango is improvised. It is improvised all the way. There are no combinations. In tango you can’t be preoccupied with steps. You need to express your feelings while listening to the music.

                                     

SECOND TERM 2-DESIRE TO BE SELF-GOVERNING-

I want to talk about parent-adolescent collision which is a controversial issue .How many adolescents do not want to make his/her decisions on his/her own?  I am sure most of you tell me that none of them because you know it is a wish for our adolescents to be able to make things freely. Actually, it is our nature to want this, but the process in which we move from the adolescence to adulthood has some challenges that require being dealt with .

On the basis of my experiences, in this process so many conflicts come into existence automatically between the adolescents and their parents. Most of the parents, who have their children’s responsibility up to this process, want them to keep their advice and live however they like. For example, an adolescent has to arrive at home in the hours acceptable for his/her parents. These words probably must be said by a parent, but in the adolescents’ aspect these hours can be inconvenient.

To be honest, I am sure my mother and my father sometimes feel like an ordinary parent. I can understand them and they can understand me. However, not all of the adolescents and the parents have an ability to understand each other .I think, to overcome these challenging times there is just one thing to be done : EMPATHY..An adolescent must think what if he/she had a child? How would he/she act? Similarly, the parents must think their youth age. They cannot tell their children that I had never such problems like you. Another important thing during this process is attachment to parents. The more adolescents feel their parents on their sides, the more powerful they are against difficulties faced with in their future times.

As a result, if anyone knows their duties and responsibilities, this is not an insoluble problem.

                                                                                              MERVE BAYRAM

SECOND TERM 1-CULTURE SHOCK-

                                        

           All of the people live in a social environment. The more they stay here and share some things with others the more they are accustomed to this environment. Objects and people which they see every day are familiar to them without being aware of. However, it is impossible to stay in the same place for our whole life. Our environment, of course, changes or gets new shapes with the differences. This change could stem from so many reason such as; education, business, etc..
          When people join a new culture, they have some troubles unfortunately. They see unfamiliar objects, people or places any more. They have difficulty in passing their time because in the beginning they do not know where they go or with whom they spend their time. Everything they observe is strange for them and they have to adjust all things in their lives to this new environment. For example, I met a girl who had just moved to Turkey from Germany in my last year of high school. She was always crying and saying that she was missing her friends and previous school. She was finding our culture strange and she had difficulty in adapting herself to this new culture. I am sure if I were in her situation I would experience same troubles.
          People in a new culture most probably feel depressed, isolated and alone. They become homesick and do not want to do anything. They are always curious about how they will get used to live there. These feelings are very natural, but as the time passes the case starts to change for most of those people. They meet new people who were unfamiliar to them before. They learn the language of the culture in which they are living and start to feel more comfortable. They discover that there are a lot to do in this country such as, going new cafes or restaurants, touristic trips. Maybe they start to love this environment more than the previous one. However the situation may come to an unsatisfactory state. It is a really serious problem for a human psychology, and the person who faces with this kind of problem should be patient and consult a physician.
          Consequently, there is no person who has never experienced adjustment problem, but the time and patience can solve all these challenges.

                                                                                              MERVE BAYRAM

MY COMMENTS ON MY FRIENDS' JOURNALS

http://serifbaltaci.blogspot.com/2012/11/being-too-much-occupied-wi-th-digital.html

http://halealbayrak.blogspot.com/2013/01/video-reflection-1.html?showComment=1358788748112#c8432596660877955723

http://tugceaslan.blogspot.com/2012/11/nature-i-want-to-talk-about-nature-it.html?showComment=1358790201524#c4806155788421725928

http://orhanaydin61.blogspot.com/2013/01/journal-entry-4-i-brain-odtu.html?showComment=1358790853173#c8641125809791712970

VIDEO REFLECTION 3 FIRE OF ANATOLIA

         I want to talk about one of our national success. The thing that I mentioned about is ´FIRE OF ANATOLIA'. It is a special project which includes a lot of dance figures from all over our country. Fire of Anatolian was established by Mustafa Erdoğan in 1999. Previously, it was a group called as Sultan’s of The Dance. He had a dream which aimed to introduce our cultural structure to the world. He wanted to make his dream real, so he decided to enhance this group. Firstly, he collected ninety skillful dancers and they started to work intensively during a year and a half. Finally, they showed their first performance for he first time in 2001. Their aim is to introduce our culture to all of the world and they have been displaying their marvellous performances fort this aim in several countries such as, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Israel, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Egypt, Jordan, Hungary, Italy, North Cyprus, Siberia, South Korea, Qatar, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Russia, Japan, Mexico and Greece..Fire of Anatolia is regarded as one of the world’s best dance group and It is also the first group that performs in the Bodrum Antique Theatre after 2300 years.It is exactly an achievement and it is a proud for our country. I cannot forget the day when I watched their performance for the first time on TV and the excitement that I felt. Whenever I see it, I realize that my excitement will never end for them. Their works  are really praiseworthy.

                                                 

         I selected a video for my blog because everyone should see this excitement. I chose this one that was performed at Eurovision  2004 Song Contest Turkey. This show starts with belly dance and ends with our folk dance called 'horon' from Black Sea Region. I like both belly dance and horon, but the horon in the video fascinated me. I cannot understand how they become such fast.  They must have worked so hard . I really appreciate and watch them without a wince. If I had a chance ı would like to be one of them :)

VIDEO REFLECTION 2 / 3 IDIOTS

    

              I want to talk about one of my favorite films ‘3 Idiots’. I watched this excellent film for the first time when I was in high school. I guess I have watched it at least five times, but I have never felt bored. If one of my friends comes and wanst to watch it together I cannot refuse his or her offerJ.  3 idiots is an Indian film produced and played by Aamir Khan who is the most successful actor, director and producer. It is about the malfunction in the education system. Ranço who is played by Aamir Khan is the main character of the film. He is a lover of engineering, but he is object to the education system based on rote-learning. He wants to learn and be taught functional information and do not want to memorize some unneeded knowledge. He has two friend in the film ‘raju’ and ‘farhan’. Firstly, he wants to make them aware of the fact and, they understand the aim of Ranço and appreciate him. The message that the film is trying to give us is told in an entertaining way. There are also saddening scenes on the film and they are perfectly blended. Actually, the reason why I like this movie so much is the fact that the system in the movie is so similar to ours. We are supposed to learn and memorize things without knowing their real meanings and usages like a race horse. The movie precisely tries to make us aware of this fact.

I chose this video because it is the most related one to main point that I want to mention about. In the video the teacher is symbolizing the rote-learning education system and he wants his students to define the meaning of machine. Ranço tries to tell about its useful and understandable meaning, but the teacher are furious with him because he is used to hear animal-like answers. I like so much this scene of the movie because of the answer which Ranço gave to the teacher. I also like the way he expresses himself .He makes me laughJHe thinks that it is not adequate to memorize definition to know something. It is necessary to know what it is and how it is used. Actually, we are faced with same the situation in our education process sometimes, but instead of criticizing we did whatever the system requires us generally. I want to be a teacher to end all these mistakes.

JOURNAL ENTRY 3 REVISED VERSION

      There is always a dream  for university in every student’s mind because the university years  may be the best times of our lives.We make friends and learn so many things in this process ,so people never forget their universities and want to spend these excellent times as good as possible. I started to dream and consider my university in my high school times.In that times,I saw university only as a school to go,yet this idea disappeared after I came here.

      The university which I always desire has so many characteristics.It’s proved to be an efficient university.It has a splendid name like METU. METU is known for its success  all over the world.The people who graduated from this university are well educated and qualified.Their professions are the most prefered ones.I saw lots of politicians,poets,journalists and CEOs who graduted from METU.It has also qualified instructors. These features are the academic ones.It has also social features.It has a very big campus.The buildings are new,well-equipped and good-looking.Our METU campus is as big as I want but the buildings are not  the ones in my dreams.My dream university has a seaside.I wish METU were in izmirJ I always want to live in the campus area,so my dream university has dorms  in it.This dorms are far from each other and each of them has its own characteristics so that the students can choose whichever they want.METU provides so many dorms for us.In addition to these,my university includes restaurants,shops,markets and whatever a student needs.METU has most of them,but the transportation could be better than now.It has a good security system.No one else from university students can enter the campus area without a reference.

      As seen,METU is my dream university in many characteristics I said.Except from the seaside, it involves everything wished J

JOURNAL ENTRY 2 REVISED VERSION

When I first heard of METU’s fame , I was thinking and worrying about this challenging university .After coming here,I learned that this reputation of METU is even less than it deserves.It is not only an enviable university, but it is also a luck for us to be an efficient person.Being a student is more wonderful than I expected.

     METU has so many opportunities and facilities for students.First of all,our campus is too big to deal with but it provides ring services for us to arrive easily wherever we must go.There are also public transportation buses to go city center.Secondly, our shopping center contains shops such as, supermarket, hairdresser,banks,restaurants and many others.We don’t need to go city center to buy our requirements.Thirdly, our dormitories are well equipped and most of them  have a canteen and computer lab and finally, the whole campus area is covered with trees and plants.This is the best one for me.If you look at the campus site, you can easily see the  difference between METU and the city.Everything is in order in this lovely area. As a student you have many opportunity here to live and learn. In METU you can change and develop yourself  however you want in both academic and social ways.

      The courses are not as funny as this.You have to study more and more and regularly.The more you try,the better you become .It is up to you.This is a challenge for me now, but I hope it will my pleasure in a short timeJ Another challenge for me is the truth that you are all yourself  here.You are alone.You must deal with every trouble that you face with by yourself.You must be powerful and resistant, but I am so happy to be here in spite of everything that can be seen challenge.

FOOD PRODUCT

                                           

                                                     STEAK TARTAR A LA TURCA

    

   Steak tartar a la turca  has been so popular for several years. Initially it was peculiar to east region of Turkey where it first originated.  However nowadays there is hardly anyone who has not heard of it. There is a legend about the origin of steak tartar a la turca. A hunter hunts a deer and brings it to his wife. He wants his wife to cook this meat but the wife says that there is no wood to cook the meat. The hunter wants to her wife solve this problem and find a solution.  Then the woman starts to press the meat by using a stone. She adds creak wheat, pepper, salt, green onion, parsley and impastes this mixture. In this way steak tartar a la turca comes into being. However there are certain differences in its preparation now.

Ingredients:

*fatless veil

*fine creak wheat

*red pepper paste

*tomato paste

*isot (a spice)

*onion

*garlic

*mint

*parsley

*green onion

*black pepper

*caraway

*salt

*allspice

*basil

   You should mix all of these ingredients and impaste at least 2 hours. Moreover it is a tradition to throw away a bit of it to ceiling. If it stays on the ceiling it means that it can be eaten. Steak tartar a la turka is usually eaten with lettuce by Turkish people. It is also possible to eat with thin bread.

Our international company decided to introduce this marvelous product to Indian people because they like eating spicy meals so much. We are sure that steak tartar a la turca is exactly what they need. Also, it does not cost you too much on the contrary it has a reasonable price for Indian people.

                                                                                                                               

                                            

                                                                                            MERVE BAYRAM

                                                                                            SEDA AĞIRBAŞ

                                                                                            HALE ALBAYRAK

                                                                                            ELİF AYDIN

JOURNAL ENTRY 1

Is Language Unique to Humans

When Alex unexpectedly passed away after only thirty-one years of life, his last words to his dearest friend were, "You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you." A touching sentiment indeed, but all the more impressive because Alex was an African Grey Parrot. Over the course of thirty years of work between psychologist Irene Pepperberg and Alex, purchased from a Chicago pet store at one year of age, the parrot amassed a vocabulary of some 150 words. According to one report, he was able to recognize fifty different objects, could count quantities up to six, and could distinguish among seven colors and five shapes. He also understood the ideas of "bigger" and "smaller", and "same" and "different".

Alex isn’t the only non-human to display such talents. Kanzi is a 31-year-old male bonobo who lives in a small social group with others of his species at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. Bonobos, together with chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives. After years of working with primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Kanzi can now understand several thousand words, and can communicate using a kind of keyboard that contains around 400 visual symbols called lexigrams.

Then there's Rico, a border collie who knows the labels of around 200 different items, and can retrieve them on command. Compared to Alex and Kanzi, this might not seem particularly impressive or interesting. However, Rico can learn the label of an item that he's never seen before after only hearing the word once. If there are 20 items in front of him, 19 of which he already knows the labels for, and he is instructed to retrieve an item using a word he had never heard before, Rico can infer that the unfamiliar item matches with the unfamiliar word. Weeks later, he still remembers the pairing. This process of word-learning, called fast-mapping, is identical to the process through which young children learn new words. 

Not to be outdone by the feathered or furry, there is the female Atlantic bottlenose dolphins Akeakamai and Phoenix who lived at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii. A famous paper by marine biologist Louis Herman and colleagues in 1984 described Akeakamai and Phoenix's abilities to understand sentences in visual or acoustic artificial languages.

The researchers gave the dolphins instructions constructed entirely of familiar words, but in various combinations that would only be understood by knowing the grammar of the sentences, not just the vocabulary. For example, "Phoenix Akeakamai Over" was an instruction for Phoenix to swim to Akeakamai and jump over her, while "Akeakamai Surfboard Fetch Speaker" instructed Akeakamai to get the surfboard and bring it to the speaker. In each case the dolphin had to interpret the verb "over" or "fetch" according to the noun: did "fetch" apply to the surfboard or to the speaker, for instance?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121016-is-language-unique-to-humans/1


THREE EXAMPLES FOR EACH CATEGORY


Adjective : last, impressive, different

Verb :  understand, give, apply

Transitive verb : love, display, see

Intransitive verb : pass away,work, call

Linking verb : be able to, is, seem

Action verb : retrieve, swim, jump over

Stative verb : live, remember, learn

Place adverb : over, there

Time adverb : after, tomorrow, now

Adverb of  manner : unexpectedly, particularly, entirely

Direct object : object, quantity, idea

Indirect object : symbol, word, instruction

Subject : Chicago, Alex, Des Moneis

Phrase : thirty-one years of life, fifty different objects, new words

Interrogative pronoun : who, which

Personal pronoun : he, it, you

Indefinite pronoun : all

Common noun : year, word, friend

Proper noun : Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory

Singular noun : speaker, noun, dolphin

Plural noun : talents, researchers, languages

Dependent clause : 19 of which he already knows the labels for
                                     
                                     that the unfamiliar item matches with the unfamiliar word

                                     that would only be understood by knowing the grammar of the                                               sentences,not just the vocabulary

Independent clause :  he is instructed to retrieve an item using a word he had never 

heard before

                                         He also understood the ideas of "bigger" and "smaller", and "same" and "different".