Do bats’ social vocalizations conform to Zipf’s law and the Menzerath-Altmann law?

Do bats’ social vocalizations conform to Zipf’s law and the Menzerath-Altmann law?

Summary: The study of vocal communication in non-human animals can uncover the roots of human languages. Recent studies of language have focused on two linguistic laws: Zipf’s law and the Menzerath-Altmann law. However, whether bats’ social vocalizations follow these linguistic laws, especially Menz...

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Main Authors: Chunmian Zhang, Ziqi Zheng, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Yicheng Wang, Xin Fan, Xin Zhao, Jiang Feng, Congnan Sun, Tinglei Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-07-01
Series:iScience
Subjects:
Zoology
Animals
Ethology
Linguistics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224016262

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