Do Animal Communication Systems Have Phonemes?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Daniel L Bowling, W Tecumseh Fitch

Abstract

Biologists often ask whether animal communication systems make use of conceptual entities from linguistics, such as semantics or syntax. A new study of an Australian bird species argues that their communication system has phonemes, but we argue that imposing linguistic concepts obscures, rather than clarifyies, communicative function.

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Feb 7, 2019·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Cognitive Science·Sabrina Engesser, Simon W Townsend
Feb 6, 2020·Biology Letters·Livio FavaroDavid Reby
Sep 11, 2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Sabrina EngesserSimon W Townsend
Apr 20, 2021·Frontiers in Psychology·Hans T BilgerRichard O Prum

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