In:
Theoretical Linguistics, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 42, No. 1-2 ( 2016-01-1), p. 1-90
Abstract:
We argue that rich data gathered in experimental primatology in the last 40 years can benefit from analytical methods used in contemporary linguistics. Focusing on the syntactic and especially semantic side, we suggest that these methods could help clarify five questions: (i) what morphology and syntax, if any, do monkey calls have? (ii) what is the ‘lexical meaning’ of individual calls? (iii) how are the meanings of individual calls combined? (iv) how do calls or call sequences compete with each other when several are appropriate in a given situation? (v) how did the form and meaning of calls evolve? We address these questions in five case studies pertaining to cercopithecines (Putty-nosed monkeys, Blue monkeys, and Campbell’s monkeys), colobinae (Guereza monkeys and King Colobus monkeys), and New World monkeys (Titi monkeys). The
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0301-4428
,
1613-4060
DOI:
10.1515/tl-2016-0001
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Date:
2016
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125125-9
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2138360-1
SSG:
7,11