Birdsong Learning and Culture: Analogies with Human Spoken Language

被引:27
作者
Bruno, Julia Hyland [1 ]
Jarvis, Erich D. [2 ,3 ]
Liberman, Mark [4 ]
Tchernichovski, Ofer [5 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Ctr Sci & Soc, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Rockefeller Univ, Lab Neurogenet Language, New York, NY 10065 USA
[3] Howard Hughes Med Inst, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 USA
[4] Univ Penn, Dept Linguist, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[5] CUNY Hunter Coll, Dept Psychol, New York, NY 10065 USA
来源
ANNUAL REVIEW OF LINGUISTICS, VOL 7 | 2021年 / 7卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
vocal learning; culture; songbirds; spoken language; vocal coordination; HUMAN SPEECH; ZEBRA FINCH; VOCAL PRODUCTION; NEURAL MECHANISMS; SONG DEVELOPMENT; GENE-EXPRESSION; FEMALE SONG; TURN-TAKING; EVOLUTION; SONGBIRDS;
D O I
10.1146/annurev-linguistics-090420-121034
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Unlike many species, song learning birds and humans have independently evolved the ability to communicate via learned vocalizations. Both birdsong and spoken language are culturally transmitted across generations, within species-specific constraints that leave room for considerable variation. We review the commonalities and differences between vocal learning bird species and humans, across behavioral, developmental, neuroanatomical, physiological, and genetic levels. We propose that cultural transmission of vocal repertoires is a natural consequence of the evolution of vocal learning and that at least some species-specific universals, as well as species differences in cultural transmission, are due to differences in vocal learning phenotypes, which are shaped by genetic constraints. We suggest that it is the balance between these constraints and features of the social environment that allows cultural learning to propagate. We describe new opportunities for exploring meaningful comparisons of birdsong and human vocal culture.
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页码:449 / 472
页数:24
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