Cross-population variation in usage of a call combination: evidence of signal usage flexibility in wild bonobos
Abstract The arbitrary relationship between signifier and signified is one of the features responsible for language’s extreme lability, adaptability, and expressiveness. Understanding this arbitrariness and its emergence is essential in any account of the evolution of language. To shed light on the...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer
2024-08-01
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| Series: | Animal Cognition |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-024-01884-4 |
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