Abstract
Animals respond in a wide variety of ways to their environment. Features within this environment may have one or more of several effects, including:
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Orientation,
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Eliciting a response from other animals,
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Arousal.
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Further reading
Herman, L.M. (ed.) (1980). Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions. New York: Wiley InterScience. A fascinating account of attempts to establish skills of comprehension of human language in dolphins.
Lea, S.E.G. (1984). Instinct, Environment and Behaviour. London: Methuen. A clearly written account of communication among animals, ranging from insects to mammals and birds. There is particular attention paid in Chapter 6 to comparative intelligence in animals and language skills especially.
Manning, A. and Dawkins, M.S. (1992). An Introduction to Animal Behaviour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 3 concentrates upon communication and in particular has an excellent discussion of von Frisch’s research with honeybees.
Pepperberg, I.M. (1990a). ‘Conceptual abilities of some non-primate species with an emphasis on an African grey parrot’, in S.T. Parker and K. Gibson (eds) Language and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes: Comparative Development Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. A good first-hand account of work done to establish the cognitive skills of an African Grey parrot, with particular reference to its language skills.
Wilson, E.O. (1975). Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. An account of animal behaviour from a sociobiological standpoint.
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Malim, T., Birch, A. (1998). Animal communication. In: Introductory Psychology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14186-9_21
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