A Sing-Song Way of Vocalizing: Generalization and Specificity in Language and Birdsong

作者:Farias Virgens Madza; White Stephanie A*
来源:Neuron, 2017, 96(5): 958-960.
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.11.027

摘要

Spoken languages such as German are extremely discrete, whereas others such as Portuguese are melodic or "sing-song'' wherein identifying a word relies on what comes before and after. Perhaps surprisingly, birdsong also exhibits specificity and generalization as articulated by Tian and Brainard (2017).

  • 出版日期2017-12-6