• A law of word meaning in dolphin whistle types 

      Ferrer Cancho, Ramon; McCowan, Brenda (2009-10-30)
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      We show that dolphin whistle types tend to be used in specific behavioral contexts, which is consistent with the hypothesis that dolphin whistle have some sort of “meaning”. Besides, in some cases, it can be shown that the ...
    • Compression principle and Zipf’s Law of brevity in infochemical communication 

      Hernández Fernández, Antonio; González Torre, Iván (2022-07)
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      Compression has been presented as a general principle of animal communication. Zipf’s Law of brevity is a manifestation of this postulate and can be generalized as the tendency of more frequent communicative elements to ...
    • Desvelando los misterios de las feromonas 

      Hernández Fernández, Antonio; González Torre, Iván (2022-09-01)
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      Aunque a los humanos nos llame más la atención todo lo audiovisual, la mayor parte de la comunicación que se da en los seres vivos se realiza mediante señales químicas. La vida es química, más que cualquier otra cosa. La ...
    • Variable expression of linguistic laws in ape gesture: a case study from chimpanzee sexual solicitation 

      Safryghin, Alexandra; Cross, Catharine; Fallon, Brittany; Heesen, Raphaela; Ferrer Cancho, Ramon; Hobaiter, Catherine (Royal Society, 2022-11-09)
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      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 ...