Language and Communication

Comparative Perspectives
Herausgeber: Roitblat, Herbert L; Nachtigall, Paul E; Herman, Louis M

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The result of a conference on language and related cognitive processes in animals, this book brings together scientists working on language and communication, reviews research done on language in apes and dolphins, and places this work in a larger perspective of animal communication and cognition. The conference convened an international group of distinguished scientists interested in exploring the neurological, cognitive, social, and behavioral aspects of communication in animals. A broad spectrum of perspectives was represented, including naturalistic investigations of animals in their natural habitat as well as strictly controlled laboratory investigations. Similarly, a broad range of species was described including rats, parrots, monkeys, apes, dolphins, and humans. New methodologies and perspectives are continuously emerging that allow consideration of issues that previously could not be resolved. Emerging technology such as video equipment and advanced database systems allow one to exhaustively record in an accessible format the evidence on which scientific conclusions must be based. Investigation of animal language and communication is a small, but vigorously exciting area of scientific investigation as the chapters in this volume clearly attest.

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First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 857g
• ISBN-13: 9780805809466
• ISBN-10: 0805809465
• Artikelnr.: 25696727

Autorenporträt

Herbert L. Roitblat, Louis M. Herman, Paul E. Nachtigall

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. H.L. Roitblat
H.E. Harley
D.A. Helweg
Cognitive Processing in Artificial Language Research. G. Bradshaw
Beyond Animal Language. S.A. Kuczaj II
V.M. Kirkpatrick
Similarities and Differences in Human and Animal Language Research: Toward a Comparative Psychology of Language. W. Bechtel
Knowing How to Use Language: Developing a Rapprochement Between Two Theoretical Traditions. E. Hunt
A Proposal for Computer Modeling of Animal Linguistic Comprehension. L. Bloom
Language Acquisition and the Power of Expression. P.L. Tyack
Animal Language Research Needs a Broader Comparative and Evolutionary Framework. J. Sigurdson
Frequency-Modulated Whistles as a Medium for Communication with the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). C.T. Snowdon
Linguistic Phenomena in the Natural Communication of Animals. R.M. Seyfarth
D.L. Cheney
Meaning
Reference
and Intentionality in the Natural Vocalizations of Monkeys. I.M. Pepperberg
Cognition and Communication in an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus): Studies on a Nonhuman
Nonprimate
Nonmammalian Subject. R.J. Schusterman
R. Gisiner
B.K. Grimm
E.B. Hanggi
Behavior Control by Exclusion and Attempts at Establishing Semanticity in Marine Mammals Using Match-to-Sample Paradigms. K.N. O'Conner
H.L. Roitblat
T.G. Bever
Auditory Sequence Complexity and Hemispheric Asymmetry of Function in Rats. W.D. Hopkins
R.D. Morris
Hemispheric Priming as a Technique in the Study of Lateralized Cognitive Processes in Chimpanzees: Some Recent Findings. P. Morrel-Samuels
L.M. Herman
Cognitive Factors Affecting Comprehension of Gesture Language Signs: A Brief Comparison of Dolphins and Humans. D.M. Rumbaugh
W. Hopkins
D.A. Washburn
E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh
Chimpanzee Competence for Comprehension in a Video-Formated Task Situation. S. Itakura
T. Matsuzawa
Acquisition of Personal Pronouns by a Chimpanzee. R.K.R. Thompson
D.L. Oden
"Language Training" and Its Role in the Expression of Tacit Propositional Knowledge by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). M.R. Shyan
A.A. Wright
The Effects of Language on Information Processing and Abstract Concept Learning in Dolphins
Monkeys
and Humans. L.M. Herman
A.A. Pack
P. Morrel-Samuels
Representational and Conceptual Skills of Dolphins. M.D. Holder
L.M. Herman
S. Kuczaj II
A Bottlenosed Dolphin's Responses to Anomalous Sequences Expressed Within an Artificial Gestural Language. E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh
Language Learnability in Man
Ape
and Dolphin.