Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication | Evaluer la flexibilité de signification et de contexte des signaux communicatifs chez les animaux non-humains
2025
Fröhlich, Marlen | Aychet, Juliette | Clark, Peter, R | Crockford, Catherine | Dezecache, Guillaume | Rebout, Nancy | van Schaik, Carel, P | Graham, Kirsty, E | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = University of Tübingen | Laboratoire Éthologie Cognition Développement (LECD) ; Université Paris Nanterre (UPN) | University of Lincoln [UK] | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | UMI SOURCE, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, IRD, Guyancourt, 78280 France | Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH) ; VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH) | Department of Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, 10065 New York, USA
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. The concept of flexibility in communication is central to reconstructing the evolutionary history of language, and grappling with “contextual flexibility” in particular is pivotal to address implications for pragmatics‐first accounts of language evolution. Despite significant advances in the field, research is hindered by definitional inconsistencies and methodological gaps across modalities. We build on recent frameworks to propose further, detailed methods for studying contextual and functional variability, incorporating modality‐agnostic and standardised terminology to facilitate cross‐species comparisons. Our approach includes a detailed classification of communicative contexts and outcomes, offering practical methods to disentangle context from function and meaning. By integrating insights across behavioural ecology and comparative psychology, we aim to enhance the comparability of findings and provide a robust foundation for exploring the evolutionary trajectory of communicative flexibility and pragmatics.
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