Nonverbal vocal communication : comparative and developmental approaches /

Speech, verbally mediated consciousness, and culture most evidently differentiate people from animals. Moreover, verbal communication has historically been viewed as a human attribute. Yet, the biological precursors to verbal communication exist in animal communication: Obvious links have been found...

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Other Authors: Papoušek, Hanuš (Editor), Jürgens, Uwe (Editor), Papoušek, Mechthild (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1992.
Series:Studies in emotion and social interaction
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Table of Contents:
  • The evolution of vocal communication / Detlev W. Ploog
  • On the neurobiology of vocal communication / Uwe Jürgens
  • Vocal affect expression as symptom, symbol, and appeal / Klaus R. Scherer
  • Animal signals : motivational, referential, or both? / Peter Marler, Christopher S. Evans, and Marc D. Hauser
  • Noncategorical vocal communication in primates : the example of common marmoset phee calls / John D. Newman and Philipp Goedeking
  • Categorical vocal signaling in nonhuman primates / Michael J. Owren, Robert M. Seyfarth, and Steven L. Hopp
  • Vocal development in nonhuman primates / David Symmes and Maxeen Biben
  • No language but a cry / Barry M. Lester and C.F. Zachariah Boukydis
  • Development of vocal signaling in human infants : toward a methodology for cross-species vocalization comparisons / D. Kimbrough Oller and Rebecca E. Eilers
  • Disorders of vocal signaling in children / Hedwig Amorosa
  • Didactic interactions : intuitive parental support of vocal and verbal development in human infants / Hanuš Papoušek and Marc H. Bornstein
  • Early ontogeny of vocal communication in parent-infant interactions / Mechthild Papoušek
  • Meaningful melodies in mothers' speech to infants / Anne Fernald.