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| Title |
Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01393 |
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| Authors |
Piera Filippi |
| Abstract |
Across a wide range of animal taxa, prosodic modulation of the voice can express emotional information and is used to coordinate vocal interactions between multiple individuals. Within a comparative approach to animal communication systems, I hypothesize that the ability for emotional and interactional prosody (EIP) paved the way for the evolution of linguistic prosody - and perhaps also of music, continuing to play a vital role in the acquisition of language. In support of this hypothesis, I review three research fields: (i) empirical studies on the adaptive value of EIP in non-human primates, mammals, songbirds, anurans, and insects; (ii) the beneficial effects of EIP in scaffolding language learning and social development in human infants; (iii) the cognitive relationship between linguistic prosody and the ability for music, which has often been identified as the evolutionary precursor of language. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | 29% |
| Brazil | 2 | 8% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 4% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 12 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 10 | 42% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 141 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 136 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 28 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 18% |
| Unknown | 20 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 27 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 16% |
| Neuroscience | 17 | 12% |
| Linguistics | 11 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 19% |
| Unknown | 28 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2022.
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