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What Do Monkey Calls Mean?
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DOI：10.1016/j.tics.2016.10.004.png)
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A field of primate linguistics is gradually emerging. It combines general questions and tools from theoretical linguistics with rich data gathered in experimental primatology. Analyses of several monkey systems have uncovered very simple morphological and syntactic rules and have led to the development of a primate semantics that asks new questions about the division of semantic labor between the literal meaning of monkey calls, additional mechanisms of pragmatic enrichment, and the environmental context. We show that comparative studies across species may validate this program and may in some cases help in reconstructing the evolution of monkey communication over millions of years.
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SCALAR IMPLICATURE
SIGNALS
COMBINATIONS
EVOLUTION
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