Bioacoustics of human whistled languages: an alternative approach to the cognitive processes of language

Whistled languages are a valuable heritage of human culture. This paper gives a first survey about a new multidisciplinary approach to these languages. Previous studies on whistled equivalents of languages have already documented that they can provide significant information about the role of rhythm...

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Main Author: Meyer Julien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2004-01-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000200033