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Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language
Across a wide range of animal taxa, prosodic modulation of the voice can express emotional information and is used to coordinate vocal interactions between multiple individuals. Within a comparative approach to animal communication systems, I hypothesize that the ability for emotional and interactio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039945/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27733835 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01393 |
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description | Across a wide range of animal taxa, prosodic modulation of the voice can express emotional information and is used to coordinate vocal interactions between multiple individuals. Within a comparative approach to animal communication systems, I hypothesize that the ability for emotional and interactional prosody (EIP) paved the way for the evolution of linguistic prosody – and perhaps also of music, continuing to play a vital role in the acquisition of language. In support of this hypothesis, I review three research fields: (i) empirical studies on the adaptive value of EIP in non-human primates, mammals, songbirds, anurans, and insects; (ii) the beneficial effects of EIP in scaffolding language learning and social development in human infants; (iii) the cognitive relationship between linguistic prosody and the ability for music, which has often been identified as the evolutionary precursor of language. |
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spelling | pubmed-50399452016-10-12 Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language Filippi, Piera Front Psychol Psychology Across a wide range of animal taxa, prosodic modulation of the voice can express emotional information and is used to coordinate vocal interactions between multiple individuals. Within a comparative approach to animal communication systems, I hypothesize that the ability for emotional and interactional prosody (EIP) paved the way for the evolution of linguistic prosody – and perhaps also of music, continuing to play a vital role in the acquisition of language. In support of this hypothesis, I review three research fields: (i) empirical studies on the adaptive value of EIP in non-human primates, mammals, songbirds, anurans, and insects; (ii) the beneficial effects of EIP in scaffolding language learning and social development in human infants; (iii) the cognitive relationship between linguistic prosody and the ability for music, which has often been identified as the evolutionary precursor of language. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5039945/ /pubmed/27733835 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01393 Text en Copyright © 2016 Filippi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Filippi, Piera Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language |
title | Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language |
title_full | Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language |
title_fullStr | Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language |
title_full_unstemmed | Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language |
title_short | Emotional and Interactional Prosody across Animal Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach to the Emergence of Language |
title_sort | emotional and interactional prosody across animal communication systems: a comparative approach to the emergence of language |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039945/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27733835 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01393 |
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