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- Katie Collier
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Balthasar Bickel
- Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Carel P. van Schaik
- Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Marta B. Manser
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Simon W. Townsend
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2014-08-07
- 権利情報
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- https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/
- DOI
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- 10.1098/rspb.2014.0263
- 公開者
- The Royal Society
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説明
<jats:p>Phonology and syntax represent two layers of sound combination central to language's expressive power. Comparative animal studies represent one approach to understand the origins of these combinatorial layers. Traditionally, phonology, where meaningless sounds form words, has been considered a simpler combination than syntax, and thus should be more common in animals. A linguistically informed review of animal call sequences demonstrates that phonology in animal vocal systems is rare, whereas syntax is more widespread. In the light of this and the absence of phonology in some languages, we hypothesize that syntax, present in all languages, evolved before phonology.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1788), 20140263-, 2014-08-07
The Royal Society