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Variable expression of linguistic laws in ape gesture: a case study from chimpanzee sexual solicitation

Two language laws have been identified as consistent patterns shaping animal behaviour, both acting on the organizational level of communicative systems. Zipf's law of brevity describes a negative relationship between behavioural length and frequency. Menzerath's law defines a negative cor...

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Autores principales: Safryghin, Alexandra, Cross, Catharine, Fallon, Brittany, Heesen, Raphaela, Ferrer-i-Cancho, Ramon, Hobaiter, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9653249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220849