Animal languages /

Animals use far more elaborate and complex language than we think. They chat, gossip, mourn, rhyme, speak in dialects and make jokes. Whales sing a different series of songs each season, which rhyme and are picked up by other whales in passing, making them 'hits.' Some species of bird have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meijer, Eva, 1980- (Author)
Other Authors:	Watkinson, Laura (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Animal communication. Human-animal communication. Human-animal relationships. Grammar, Comparative and general. Animal psychology.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
1. Speaking in human language
2. Conversations in the living world
3. Living with animals
4. Thinking with the body
5. Structure, grammar and decoding
6. Metacommunication
7. Why we need to talk with the animals.