How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication
- 作者
- 出版社 Free Press
- 出版时间 2001年4月
- ISBN 9780743202978
- 定价 126.50
内容简介
Parlez-vousDoggish?
Atlonglast，dogswillknowjusthowsmarttheirownerscanbe.Byunlockingthesecretsofthehiddenlanguageofdogs，psychologistStanleyCorenallowsusintothedoggydialogue，or"Doggish，"andmakeseffectivecommunicationareality.
Drawingonsubstantialresearchinanimalbehavior，evolutionarybiology，andyearsofpersonalexperience，Corendemonstratesthattheaveragehousedogcanunderstandlanguageataboutthelevelofatwo-year-oldhuman.WhileactualconversationofthesortLassieseemedcapableofinHollywoodmythmakingremainsforeveroutofreach，Corenshowsusthatagreatdealofrealcommunicationispossiblebeyondthegivingandobeyingofcommands.
HowtoSpeakDognotonlyprovidesthesounds，words，actions，andmove-mentswithwhichwecaneffectivelycommunicatewithourdogs，butalsodeciphersthesignsthatourdogsgivetous.Witheasy-to-followtipsonhowhumanscanmimicthelanguagedogsusetotalkwithoneanother，originaldrawingsillustratingthesubtletiesoftheirbodylanguage，andahandyvisualglossaryand"Doggish"phrasebook，HowtoSpeakDoggivesdogloverstheskillstheyneedtoimprovetheirrelationshipswiththeirpets.，
Atlonglast，dogswillknowjusthowsmarttheirownerscanbe.Byunlockingthesecretsofthehiddenlanguageofdogs，psychologistStanleyCorenallowsusintothedoggydialogue，or"Doggish，"andmakeseffectivecommunicationareality.
Drawingonsubstantialresearchinanimalbehavior，evolutionarybiology，andyearsofpersonalexperience，Corendemonstratesthattheaveragehousedogcanunderstandlanguageataboutthelevelofatwo-year-oldhuman.WhileactualconversationofthesortLassieseemedcapableofinHollywoodmythmakingremainsforeveroutofreach，Corenshowsusthatagreatdealofrealcommunicationispossiblebeyondthegivingandobeyingofcommands.
HowtoSpeakDognotonlyprovidesthesounds，words，actions，andmove-mentswithwhichwecaneffectivelycommunicatewithourdogs，butalsodeciphersthesignsthatourdogsgivetous.Witheasy-to-followtipsonhowhumanscanmimicthelanguagedogsusetotalkwithoneanother，originaldrawingsillustratingthesubtletiesoftheirbodylanguage，andahandyvisualglossaryand"Doggish"phrasebook，HowtoSpeakDoggivesdogloverstheskillstheyneedtoimprovetheirrelationshipswiththeirpets.，
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