Editing Iconicity (section)

==Calls and gestures==
Iconic calls and gestures mimic the forms of the things they stand for (such as outlining shapes or moving your hands back and forth multiple times to show repetition). Iconic calls and gestures are not formally considered [[language]] or language-like communication in that they do not contrast or possess arbitrary characteristics. Noises that imitate sounds of the surrounding environment ([[ideophone]]s) are also iconic. Though humans possess a repertoire of iconic calls and gestures, other [[mammal]]s produce few iconic signals. Despite this, a few captive [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]]s have shown the beginning stages of iconicity. Burling ''et al.'' states: "Chimpanzees in the wild do not point, and rarely do so in captivity, however there is a documented case of one named [[Kanzi]], described by Savage-Rumbaugh et al., who could indicate direction of travel by "extending his hand". Another chimpanzee, Viki (Hayes and Nissen 1971:107) made motions of kneading or ironing when she wanted to knead dough or iron napkins. [[Waggle dance|Bee dances]] are another example of iconicity in [[animal communication|animal communication systems]].<ref name="Burling1993">{{cite journal |last=Burling |first=Robbins |title=Primate Calls, Human Language, and Nonverbal Communication {{bracket|and Comments and Reply}} |journal=Current Anthropology |publisher=University of Chicago Press |date=February 1993 |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=30–31 |jstor=2743729 |doi=10.1086/204132 |s2cid=147082731 }}</ref>