Animal Communication: Techniques Of Study And Results Of Research
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Long before humanity decoded the double helix, scientists were grappling with a far more elusive puzzle: how do animals talk to one another? Animal Communication: Techniques of Study and Results of Research, edited by the pioneering semiotician Thomas A. Sebeok of Indiana University, presents a landmark scholarly anthology that systematically examines the signalling systems of the animal kingdom — from the chemical signals of insects to the complex vocalizations of primates. Drawing together contributions from leading researchers across biology, ethology, and linguistics, this comprehensive volume details the methodologies employed in the field and laboratory, and chronicles the remarkable diversity of communicative behaviour observed across species. Sebeok, one of the 20th century's foremost authorities on signs and communication, argues convincingly that animal signalling is not mere instinct but a rich, structured system worthy of rigorous scientific inquiry — a proposition that would come to reshape both zoology and semiotics. The collection stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the evolutionary roots of language and the sophisticated, often invisible, conversations that animate the natural world. For the curious reader, the unsettling question it leaves behind is this: if animals communicate with such sophistication, what does that tell us about the origins of human language itself?
Author: Thomas A. Sebeok
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Indiana University Press
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Long before humanity decoded the double helix, scientists were grappling with a far more elusive puzzle: how do animals talk to one another? Animal Communication: Techniques of Study and Results of Research, edited by the pioneering semiotician Thomas A. Sebeok of Indiana University, presents a landmark scholarly anthology that systematically examines the signalling systems of the animal kingdom — from the chemical signals of insects to the complex vocalizations of primates. Drawing together contributions from leading researchers across biology, ethology, and linguistics, this comprehensive volume details the methodologies employed in the field and laboratory, and chronicles the remarkable diversity of communicative behaviour observed across species. Sebeok, one of the 20th century's foremost authorities on signs and communication, argues convincingly that animal signalling is not mere instinct but a rich, structured system worthy of rigorous scientific inquiry — a proposition that would come to reshape both zoology and semiotics. The collection stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the evolutionary roots of language and the sophisticated, often invisible, conversations that animate the natural world. For the curious reader, the unsettling question it leaves behind is this: if animals communicate with such sophistication, what does that tell us about the origins of human language itself?