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A Sing-Song Way of Vocalizing: Generalization and Specificity in Language and Birdsong

Abstract

Spoken languages such as German are extremely discrete, whereas others such as Portuguese are melodic or "sing-song" wherein identifying a word relies on what comes before and after. Perhaps surprisingly, birdsong also exhibits specificity and generalization as articulated by Tian and Brainard (2017).

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