Primate Communication - A Multimodal Approach

Informationen zum Autor Katja Liebal is Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Bridget Waller is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Acting Director of the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK. Katie Slocombe is Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of York, York, UK and Scientific Director of the Budongo Trail Chimpanzee Exhibit at Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh, UK. Anne Burrows is an Associate Professor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Klappentext Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution. Zusammenfassung Multimodal approach to primate communication with focus on its cognitive foundations and how this relates to theories of language evolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction to Primate Communication: 1. What is primate communication?; 2. The morphology of primate communication; 3. The neural substrates of primate communication; Part II. Approaches to Primate Communication: 4. The methods used in primate communication; 5. A multimodal approach to primate communication; Part III. Cognitive Characteristics of Primate Communication: 6. Acquisition; 7. Flexibility; 8. Intentionality; 9. Referentiality; Part IV. Approaches to the Evolution of Primate Communication: 10. A multimodal approach to the evolution of primate communication; Glossary; References; Appendix; Species index; Subject index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Anne Burrows, Anne M. Burrows, Anne M. (Duquesne University Burrows, Burrows Anne M., Katja Liebal, Katja (Freie Universitat Berlin) Liebal, Katja (Freie Universitat Berlin) Waller Liebal, Katja Waller Liebal, Liebal Katja, Katie Slocombe, Katie E. (University of York) Slocombe, Slocombe Katie E., Bridget Waller, Bridget M. Waller, Bridget M. (University of Portsmouth) Waller, Waller Bridget M.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.11.2013
• EAN: 9780521195041
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19504-1
• Seiten: 304
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Zoologie; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Animal behaviour, Ethology and animal behaviour, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)