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Formal monkey linguistics: The debate

Schlenker, Philippe; Chemla, Emmanuel; Schel, Anne M.; Fuller, James; Gautier, Jean-Pierre; Kuhn, Jeremy; Veselinović, Dunja; Arnold, Kate; Cäsar, Cristiane; Keenan, Sumir; Lemasson, Alban; Ouattara, Karim; Ryder, Robin J.; Zuberbühler, Klaus (2016), Formal monkey linguistics: The debate, Theoretical Linguistics, 42, 1-2, p. 173-201. 10.1515/tl-2016-0010

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2016
Journal name
Theoretical Linguistics
Volume
42
Number
1-2
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pages
173-201
Publication identifier
10.1515/tl-2016-0010
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Author(s)
Schlenker, Philippe

Chemla, Emmanuel

Schel, Anne M.

Fuller, James

Gautier, Jean-Pierre

Kuhn, Jeremy

Veselinović, Dunja

Arnold, Kate

Cäsar, Cristiane

Keenan, Sumir

Lemasson, Alban

Ouattara, Karim

Ryder, Robin J.

Zuberbühler, Klaus
Abstract (EN)
We explain why general techniques from formal linguistics can and should be applied to the analysis of monkey communication – in the areas of syntax and especially semantics. An informed look at our recent proposals shows that such techniques needn’t rely excessively on categories of human language: syntax and semantics provide versatile formal tools that go beyond the specificities of human linguistics. We argue that “formal monkey linguistics” can yield new insights into monkey morphology, syntax, and semantics, as well as raise provocative new questions about the existence of a pragmatic, competition-based component in these communication systems. Finally, we argue that evolutionary questions, which are highly speculative in human language, can be addressed in an empirically satisfying fashion in primate linguistics, and we lay out problems that should be addressed at the interface between evolutionary primate linguistics and formal analyses of language evolution.
Subjects / Keywords
primate linguistics; primate semantics; primate syntax; evolutionary primate linguistics; call evolution; evolution of language

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