Communicating about something not immediately present is called displacement [1] and it's a property of language, not limited to vocalization, thought to be uni

Communicating about something not immediately present is called displacement [1] and it's a property of language, not limited to vocalization, thought to be unique to just a few species: humans, ants, bees, corvids, etc. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_(linguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_(linguistics)