Bee Dances, Bird Songs, Monkey Calls, and Cetacean Sonar: Is Speech Unique?.

Liska, Jo

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ERIC Number: EJ462220

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Bee Dances, Bird Songs, Monkey Calls, and Cetacean Sonar: Is Speech Unique?

Liska, Jo

Western Journal of Communication, v57 n1 p1-26 Win 1993

Examines to what extent, and in what ways, speech is unusual and how it compares to other semiotic systems. Discusses language and speech, neurolinguistic processing, comparative vocal/auditory abilities, primate evolution, and semiogenesis. (SR)

Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Evolution, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Neurolinguistics, Semiotics, Speech

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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