Some have argued that there is a realm of thought that is outside of language and yet parallel to it, a kind of extra domain in which humans communicate without words, sharing their innermost selves with others. This doesn't seem quite right though. Or at least not right in the sense that what is being proposed is a kind of special language, a language without words. The argument goes further, suggesting that because non-human animals can recognize one another and communicate, that something very deep is happening here and that this shows that language is really only a surface phenomenon, that real communication is much deeper and language superficial. Here a kind of mysticism obtains, a belief in the power of the poetry of souls, of inner contacts between speakers that transcends what is said. Look at other creatures, the supporters of a view like this suggest, see how they know one another and without words. And can't our pets see us and understand our wants and needs, too? And can't we understand theirs and all without the exchange of linguistic utterances? . . .