The question of quantitative methods versus qualitative methods appears periodically in most of the scientific fields. Which is the most relevant? The most useful? Do we find the same things when using these two options, are they congruent? While most of the academic fields have a quite important and strong literature dealing with these questions nowadays, it is not really the case for zoosemiotics. In this paper, I will introduce the main issues zoosemioticians can resolve by using quantitative methods and tools, and how and why it is mandatory to implement them if qualitative theory to pursue our researches further.

中文翻译：

---

在动物符号学中使用定量测量：机器如何成为研究人员的一对新耳朵和眼睛

定量方法与定性方法的问题在大多数科学领域中定期出现。哪个最相关？最有用？我们在使用这两个选项时是否发现相同的东西，它们是否一致？虽然当今大多数学术领域都有处理这些问题的非常重要和强大的文献，但动物符号学的情况并非如此。在本文中，我将介绍动物符号学家可以使用定量方法和工具解决的主要问题，以及如果定性理论要进一步开展我们的研究，如何以及为什么必须实施这些问题。