Cited by 116Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPrimate Behavior and EcologyLanguage and cultural evolution

The origin of meaning in animal signals

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Seyfarth, Robert M., Cheney, Dorothy L.·2017·Animal Behaviour

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  • Conceptual work on sequence structure, mammalian source-filter theory, and signal embedding in social networks provides a theoretical foundation for interpreting meaning in animal vocalizations.

    “Conceptual work on sequence structure (Kershenbaum et al. 2016), mammalian source–filter theory (Taylor and Reby 2010), and signal embedding in social networks (Seyfarth and Cheney 2017; Snijders and Naguib 2017) provide a theoretical foundation.”

    From Listening forward: emerging roles of bioacoustics in ecology, evolution, and conservation (2026) · cites this paper as Seyfarth and Cheney 2017

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Authors
Seyfarth, R. M., & Cheney, D. L.
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Seyfarth, Robert M.
Venue
Animal Behaviour
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
124
Pages
339-346
ISSN
0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2471365090
Cited by
116
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3
FWCI
10.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Animal Behaviour (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Geographic Society
  • Leakey Foundation
  • Rockefeller University
  • National Institutes of Health (MN 62249)
  • National Science Foundation (IBN95-14001)
  • University of Pennsylvania
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
Keywords
animal communication, pragmatic inference, social environment, primate vocal communication, composite signals, language evolution, syntax and semantics, social cognition

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