Can nonhuman primate signals be arbitrarily meaningful like human words? An affective approach
Whether one can label nonhuman primate signals as ‘meaningful’ hinges on what one takes as central features to meaning. If one targets a notion of meaning closely related and comparable to meaning in human words, two features must be identified: firstly, a concrete ascribable meaning to the signal a...
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Animal Behavior and Cognition
2020-05-01
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Online Access: | http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/27/AB_C_2020_Vol7(2)_Sievers___Gruber.pdf |