Frog vocalization and the E-system of language

• Grant number: 23/12446-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2023
• End date: February 28, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Arturo Navas Iannini
• Grantee: Laura Camila Cabanzo Olarte
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/18900-1 - Innovations in human and non-human animal communities, AP.SPEC
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/20185-0 - ANURAN VOCALIZATION AND ITS MEANING: BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS HELP TO UNDERSTAND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The SPEC Innovations in Human and Non-Human Animal Communities project aims to reconstruct the evolutionary history of three allegedly human-specific cognitive abilities, namely: linguistic competence, symbolic activities, and sophisticated tools.One topic within this broad question refers to the antecedents, if any, that exist in non-human animal species. Whereas primates and birds have received significant attention into the linguistic literature, anurans have not. However, the pool of literature on frog acoustic and visual communication may be compatible with the notion of an Esystem, as in a current linguistic theory. (AU)