ISBN:
9789027287311
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.2/2
Keywords:
Spiritual life
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Conduct of life
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Oral communication
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Visual communication
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Electronic books
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Abstract:
It has been argued that only humans have volitional control of their vocalizations and that this ability allowed for the evolution of speech. Here we argue that recent studies in chimpanzees suggest that they do, in fact have some degree of voluntary control of both their vocalizations as well as their facial expressions. We further argue, based on recent studies, that chimpanzees understand the functional significance of using vocalizations or sounds in communicative and social contexts, specifically as a means of obtaining the attention of an otherwise inattentive human. The ability of chimpanzees to voluntarily produce vocal signals and functionally manipulate social agents with them may be an important precursor in the evolution of human spoken language.
Abstract:
Primate Communication and Human Language -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Primate communication and human language -- Introduction -- Following the route, chapter by chapter -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Part 1. Primate vocal communication: New findings about its complexity, adaptability and control -- Living links to human language -- The cognitive continuum -- The phonetics of primate calls -- The origins of phonology -- The origins of meaning -- a. Referential signals -- b. Audience effects -- c. Comprehension -- d. Eavesdropping -- The origins of morphosyntax -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- What can forest guenons "tell" us about the origin of language? -- Nonhuman primates as vocal communicants: A "phylogenetic gap"? -- Bridging the gap? screening "proto-language" properties in nonhuman primates: recent evidence from forest guenons -- Vocal use -- Auditory perception and message comprehension -- Vocal production -- Investigation perspectives for new emerging theories -- References -- Do chimpanzees have voluntary control of their facial expressions and vocalizations? -- Defining sounds versus vocalizations -- Audience and visual attention effects on sound and vocal production -- What is the function of these sounds and vocalizations? -- Neuropsychological and neurophysiological evidence -- Discussion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Part 2. Neurophysiological, behavioural and ontogenetic data on the evolution of communicative orofacial and manual gestures -- From gesture to language -- Introduction -- I. Gestural communication in human children -- II. Asymmetries of vocal and gestural communicative behaviours in humans -- III. Properties of gestural communication in nonhuman primates -- 1. Flexibility -- 2. Learning -- 3. Intentionality.
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