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Combinatoriality in the vocal systems of nonhuman animals.
WIREs Cognitive Science ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2019-02-06 , DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1493
Sabrina Engesser 1 , Simon W Townsend 1, 2
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A key challenge in the field of human language evolution is the identification of the selective conditions that gave rise to language's generative nature. Comparative data on nonhuman animals provides a powerful tool to investigate similarities and differences among nonhuman and human communication systems and to reveal convergent evolutionary mechanisms. In this article, we provide an overview of the current evidence for combinatorial structures found in the vocal system of diverse species. We show that considerable structural diversity exits across and within species in the forms of combinatorial structures used. Based on this we suggest that a fine‐grained classification and differentiation of combinatoriality is a useful approach permitting systematic comparisons across animals. Specifically, this will help to identify factors that might promote the emergence of combinatoriality and, crucially, whether differences in combinatorial mechanisms might be driven by variations in social and ecological conditions or cognitive capacities.

中文翻译:

非人类动物的发声系统中的组合性。

人类语言进化领域的一个关键挑战是确定引起语言生成性质的选择性条件。非人类动物的比较数据提供了一个强大的工具,可用来研究非人类与人类交流系统之间的异同,并揭示趋同的进化机制。在本文中,我们概述了在各种物种的声音系统中发现的组合结构的当前证据。我们表明,相当大的结构多样性以组合结构的形式存在于物种之间和内部。基于此,我们建议对组合性进行细粒度分类和区分是一种有用的方法,可以对动物进行系统的比较。特别,
更新日期:2019-02-06
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