The linguistic displacement of Ravens

There’s a Raven’s nest in this ruinous building on Westray:

Raven's Nest - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Ravens are special because, just like humans, they display linguistic displacement; they can communicate using language about objects far away in space or time.

That’s what I’m doing now, with you.

Raven - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

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