Do penguins’ vocal sequences conform to linguistic laws?
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0589
Abstract: Information compression is a general principle of human language: the most frequent words are shorter in length (Zipf's Law of Brevity) and the duration of constituents decreases as the size of the linguistic construct increases… read more here.
Keywords: sequences conform; vocal sequences; duration; conform linguistic ... See more keywords
Physical growth drives vocal sequence development in marmoset infants
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5035851
Abstract: The vocal sequences of marmosets exhibit many drastic changes during infancy. One of the most pronounced of these is the gradual convergence from a variety of call types in the undirected context to long distance… read more here.
Keywords: vocal sequences; phee calls; marmoset infants; call types ... See more keywords