The search for phonology in other species

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 442-446

  Yip, Moira J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN LANGUAGE; NATURAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PHONOLOGY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SYNTACTICS;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NONHUMAN; PHONETICS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SAGUINUS; SEMANTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33748793420     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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