Events

• 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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• Mon

  20

  Apr

  2026

  Annachiara Clementelli - t.b.a.

  3:00 pm

Event Information:

• Tue

  13

  Jan

  2015

  Thu

  15

  Jan

  2015

  Argument structure and the dative. Case studies from Romance languages with special reference to Spanish

  Blandijnberg 2

  Specialist course Argument structure and the dative. Case studies from Romance languages with special reference to Spanish.

  Lecturer: 

  Prof. Dr. Chantal Melis (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

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