عنوان

Animal Communication and Human Language: An overview

شماره

LA3b7977qr

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Animal Communication and Human Language: An overview

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Barón Birchenall, Leonardo

متن يادداشت

Comparative research has proven to be a fruitful field of study on the ontogenetic and phylogenetic evolution of language, and on the cognitive capacities unique to humans or shared with other animals. The degree of continuity between components of human language and non-human animal communication systems, as well as the existence of a core factor of language, are polemic subjects at present. In this article, we offer an overview of the research on animal communication, comparing the resulting data with the current knowledge on human language development. We try to summarize what is currently known about "language abilities" in multiple animals, and compare those facts to what is known about human language. The aim of the article is to provide an introduction to this particular topic, presenting the different sides of the arguments when possible. A special reference is made to the question of syntactic recursion as the main component of language, allegedly absent among non-human animals. We conclude that the current state of knowledge supports the existence of a certain degree of continuity between different aspects of animal communication and human language, including the syntactic domain.

تاريخ نشر

2016

عنوان

International Journal of Comparative Psychology

شماره جلد

29

عنصر شناسه اي

Barón Birchenall, Leonardo

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y