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  • Tue
    26
    Oct
    2021

    Tadjou-N'Dine Mamadou Yacoubou & Mariapaola D’Imperio: title tbc

    3:00 pmOnline

    Tadjou-N'Dine Mamadou Yacoubou & Mariapaola D’Imperio (Rutgers University): title tbc

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  • Mon
    23
    Mar
    2026

    Didier Demolin (Université Sorbonne nouvelle, CNRS & Rhodes University Makhanda) & Francisco Mendes (Federal University of Brasilia) - "Acoustic features and grammatical structures of Muriqui vocalizations"

    3:00 pmBlandijn 2 3.30 (Camelot)

    Vocal communication of the Muriqui

    Abstract:
    What can we learn from animal communication, if we set this issue in terms of evolution? Comparisons with animal communication lead to a better understanding of some of the principles underlying human languages. Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxantus) show that the acoustics of their vocalizations are generated from a set limited features in addition to showing non-linear characters in their voice source. A close examination of the communication system of the muriqui also shows that the recombination of discrete elements in part of their vocal communication shows both recursion and grammatical structure.

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