Secret missives: a journey in natural communication

Collection Secret missives: a journey in natural communication

Organisateur(s) Yves Barral (ETH Zürich), Mikhail Gromov (IHES & New York University), Robert Penner (IHES & University of California Los Angeles), Vasily Pestun (IHES & IBM Research), Nicolas Minc (IJM, Université Paris Cité/CNRS)
Date(s) 27/06/2022 - 30/06/2022
URL associée https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/7182/page/521-lsc-2022-public-lectures
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Language Origins: an Animal Communication Perspective

De Simon Townsend

Human language is arguably the most complex communication system currently known, however, the origins of language remain surprisingly elusive. In this lecture, I will revisit this conundrum and illustrate how studying animal communication can provide a much-needed window into the evolutionary roots of language. I will specifically focus on what comparative data exists for syntax in animal vocal systems (i.e. the ability to combine meaningful vocalizations together into larger meaningful structures). Data from primates and birds suggests that this core property of language is not unique to humans but exists, in more simple forms, in animals. I will discuss the evolutionary implications of these findings for reconstructing the emergence of syntax and language more generally.

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