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    "pk": 5366,
    "title": "Animal Communication and Human Language: An overview",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Comparative research has proven to be a fruitful field of study on the ontogenetic and phylogenetic evolution of language, and on the cognitive capacities unique to humans or shared with other animals. The degree of continuity between components of human language and non-human animal communication systems, as well as the existence of a core factor of language, are polemic subjects at present. In this article, we offer an overview of the research on animal communication, comparing the resulting data with the current knowledge on human language development. We try to summarize what is currently known about “language abilities” in multiple animals, and compare those facts to what is known about human language. The aim of the article is to provide an introduction to this particular topic, presenting the different sides of the arguments when possible. A special reference is made to the question of syntactic recursion as the main component of language, allegedly absent among non-human animals. We conclude that the current state of knowledge supports the existence of a certain degree of continuity between different aspects of animal communication and human language, including the syntactic domain.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "animal communication"
        },
        {
            "word": "Language"
        },
        {
            "word": "comparative cognition"
        },
        {
            "word": "syntactic recursion"
        },
        {
            "word": "center-embedded structures."
        }
    ],
    "section": "Research Article",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3b7977qr",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Leonardo",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Barón Birchenall",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LPL UMR 7309, 13100, Aix-en-Provence, France",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2015-07-06T19:04:51+02:00",
    "date_accepted": "2015-07-06T19:04:51+02:00",
    "date_published": "2016-05-09T16:04:53+02:00",
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}