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"This volume is intended as a record of the author's work and a voluntary report of his progress, with the hope that it may be the means of inducing others to pursue like investigations. The records in Part I of this volume present a few of the author's experiments, but as they illustrate his methods and set forth the results, they will serve to show, in a measure, the scope of his work. Part II of this work presents a definition of the word "speech" as the author has used it, and the deductions which he has made from his experiments"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Sound production by animals.

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Insects --- Sound production by animals

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Animal intelligence --- Chimpanzees --- Sound production by animals

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For at least 30 years, there have been close parallels between studies of birdsong development and those of the development of human language. Both song and language require species-specific stimulation at a sensitive period in development and subsequent practice through subsong and plastic song in birds and babbling in infant humans leading to the development of characteristic vocalisations for each species. This book illustrates how social interactions during development can shape vocal learning and extend the sensitive period beyond infancy and how social companions can induce flexibility even into adulthood. Social companions in a wide range of species including birds and humans but also cetaceans and nonhuman primates play important roles in shaping vocal production as well as the comprehension and appropriate usage of vocal communication. This book will be required reading for students and researchers interested in animal and human communication and its development.

Sound production by animals. --- Birdsongs. --- Language acquisition.