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Communication in humans and other animals [[electronic resource] /] / Gisela Håkansson, Jennie Westander
| Communication in humans and other animals [[electronic resource] /] / Gisela Håkansson, Jennie Westander |
| Autore | Håkansson Gisela |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 242 p |
| Disciplina | 302.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WestanderJennie |
| Collana | Advances in interaction studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Oral communication
Visual communication Human-animal communication Language acquisition |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-272-7201-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465171003321 |
Håkansson Gisela
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication in humans and other animals [[electronic resource] /] / Gisela Håkansson, Jennie Westander
| Communication in humans and other animals [[electronic resource] /] / Gisela Håkansson, Jennie Westander |
| Autore | Håkansson Gisela |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 242 p |
| Disciplina | 302.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WestanderJennie |
| Collana | Advances in interaction studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Oral communication
Visual communication Human-animal communication Language acquisition |
| ISBN | 90-272-7201-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792146803321 |
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Håkansson Gisela
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication in humans and other animals / / Gisela Håkansson, Jennie Westander
| Communication in humans and other animals / / Gisela Håkansson, Jennie Westander |
| Autore | Håkansson Gisela |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 242 p |
| Disciplina | 302.2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WestanderJennie |
| Collana | Advances in interaction studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Oral communication
Visual communication Human-animal communication Language acquisition |
| ISBN | 90-272-7201-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Communication in Humans and Other Animals -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introducing communicative behaviour -- 1.1.1 Social life and the need of communication -- 1.1.2 Linguistic perspectives on communication and language -- 1.1.3 Biological perspectives on communication -- 1.1.4 Comparing linguistic and biological perspectives -- 1.2 Major themes in comparisons between human and animal communication -- 1.2.1 Hockett's design features -- 1.2.2 Methodology and research questions -- 1.2.3 Do animals use displament? -- 1.2.4 Do animals have combinatory principles? -- 1.2.5 Do animal systems have arbitrary content/form relations? Do animals learn the system? -- 1.2.6 How did language evolve? -- 1.3 Parent - offspring communication and cooperative breeding -- 1.4 Summary -- 1.5 Suggested readings -- 2. Overview of biological signal systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Research methods and observational techniques -- 2.2.1 Playback as a method for investigating communication -- 2.2.2 Advances in technology influence the methods -- 2.3 Acoustic communication -- 2.3.1 When and where? -- 2.3.2 How? Production and perception -- 2.3.3 Echolocation and other sounds in dolphins and whales -- 2.4 Visual communication -- 2.4.1 When and where? -- 2.4.2 How? Visual capacities -- 2.4.3 Colour patterns -- 2.4.4 Body postures and facial expressions -- 2.5 Tactile communication -- 2.5.1 When and where? -- 2.5.2 How? Skin, whiskers and sidelines -- 2.6 Indirect tactile signals - the seismic signal system -- 2.7 Chemical communication -- 2.7.1 When and where? -- 2.7.2 How? -- 2.7.3 The olfactory system -- 2.8 Electrical communication -- 2.9 The multimodal honeybee - acoustic, visual, chemical, seismic communication -- 2.10 Summary -- 2.11 Suggested readings.
3. Human language - its use and learning -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Social life and the languages of the world -- 3.1.2 Observation techniques -- 3.1.3 Language functions -- 3.2 The child's discovery of language - the first year of life -- 3.2.1 Parent - infant interaction -- 3.2.2 The "little universalist" - early perception of speech sounds -- 3.2.3 Early vocalization - babbling -- 3.3 Language in the toddler -- 3.3.1 Mapping forms to meanings -- 3.3.2 Cultural differences reflected in children's language -- 3.3.3 Words and world-views - what do you call your cousin? -- 3.3.4 But what about grammar? -- 3.3.5 Recursion -- 3.4 When problems arise - Specific Language Impairment -- 3.5 Second language acquisition - organizing language once again -- 3.6 Sign language - another modality -- 3.7 Summary -- 3.8 Suggested readings -- 4. Human nonverbal communication -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Research methods and observation techniques -- 4.2 Functions - what do we use nonverbal communication for? -- 4.2.1 Permanent versus temporary expressions -- 4.2.2 Synchronising in sympathy -- 4.3 Acoustic communication -- 4.3.1 Extralinguistic expressions - laughters and cries -- 4.3.2 Paralinguistic expressions - with speech -- 4.4 Visual communication -- 4.4.1 Body postures -- 4.4.2 Hand movements - pointing -- 4.4.3 Other hand gestures -- 4.4.4 Head and face -- 4.4.5 Eyes and gaze -- 4.4.6 Complexion -- 4.5 Tactile communication -- 4.6 Chemical communication -- 4.7 A model for analyzing gestures - The Ekman and Friesen model -- 4.8 Where verbal and non-verbal communication meet: Speech-related gestures -- 4.8.1 The McNeill model -- 4.8.2 Using knowledge of nonverbal expressions in verbal descriptions -- 4.9 When production is not automatized -- 4.10 Summary -- 4.11 Suggested readings -- 5. Our closest relatives - nonhuman primates. 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 The primate family -- 5.1.2 Social life -- 5.1.3 Studying nonhuman primates - how it all began -- 5.1.4 Observation techniques -- 5.2 Communicative functions -- 5.2.1 The referential function - first reported in vervet monkeys -- 5.2.2 The social function - with focus on synchronization of behaviour -- 5.3 Acoustic communication -- 5.3.1 Some vocalizations and their use -- 5.3.2 Vocal learning in nonhuman primates -- 5.3.3 Structural aspects of vocalizations - do nonhuman primates have syntax? -- 5.4 Visual communication -- 5.4.1 Body postures -- 5.4.2 Hand and arm gestures -- 5.4.3 Face and gaze -- 5.5 Tactile communication - a lot of grooming -- 5.6 Chemical communication -- 5.7 Cultural/dialectal differences - results of social learning -- 5.8 Teaching human language to nonhuman primates -- 5.8.1 Speech -- 5.8.2 Sign language -- 5.8.3 Plastic chips -- 5.8.4 Computers and lexigrams -- 5.9 Discussion - primary versus secondary communication in nonhuman primates -- 5.9.1 Primary communication - data base -- 5.9.2 Primary communication - functions and structures -- 5.9.3 Secondary communication - human language as a second variety -- 5.10 Summary -- 5.11 Suggested readings -- 6. Man's best friend - the dog -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 The Canine class -- 6.1.2 Social life of wolves and dogs -- 6.1.3 Observation techniques -- 6.2 Functions of Canine communication -- 6.2.1 Social functions -- 6.2.2 Studies of the referential function -- 6.3 Acoustic communication -- 6.3.1 Barking -- 6.3.2 Growling -- 6.3.3 Chorus howling in wolves -- 6.4 Visual communication -- 6.4.1 Head and face -- 6.4.2 Tail -- 6.5 Tactile communication -- 6.6 Chemical communication -- 6.7 Developmental patterns in intra-specific communication -- 6.8 The dog in the human family - learning to communicate with another species. 6.8.1 Dogs' understanding of humans -- 6.8.2 Humans' understanding of dogs -- 6.8.3 Not interactional synchrony - but accommodation -- 6.9 Summary -- 6.10 Suggested readings -- 7. Communication in birds -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 The Aves class -- 7.1.2 Social life of birds -- 7.1.3 Observation techniques -- 7.2 Functions - why do birds communicate? -- 7.2.1 Alignment of songs - counter-singing and duetting -- 7.2.2 Referential function in birds - the calls of the domestic fowl -- 7.3 Acoustic communication -- 7.3.1 Variation across and within species -- 7.3.2 Structural aspects of song -- 7.4 Learning how to sing -- 7.4.1 Sensitive phases and developmental stages -- 7.4.2 Dialectal differences -- 7.5 Visual communication -- 7.5.1 Talking with the tail -- 7.6 Chemical communication -- 7.7 Birds and humans -- 7.7.1 Teaching language to birds -- 7.8 Summary -- 7.9 Suggested readings -- 8. Discussion and outlook - why language? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Social life and communication in humans and animals -- 8.2 What is so special about language? Revisiting Hockett's predictions -- 8.3 Why and how did language evolve? -- 8.3.1 Why and when did it happen? -- 8.3.2 Are there any parallel changes in human physiology? -- 8.3.3 Is language a result of cooperative breeding? -- 8.4 Learning intraspecific communication - not only for humans -- 8.4.1 Child language and animal communication -- 8.5 Can language be taught to nonhumans? -- 8.6 Summary -- 8.7 Suggested readings -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829126203321 |
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Håkansson Gisela
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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