Whistled Languages A Worldwide Inquiry on Human Whistled Speech /

• Main Author: Meyer, Julien (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Neurosciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Linguistic anthropology.; Cognitive psychology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Cognitive Psychology.; Linguistic Anthropology.; Cultural Heritage.

The main focus of this monograph on whistled speech is the result of a worldwide inquiry primarily based on the author’s unprecedented fieldwork and laboratory experience. The different questions raised by the origin and the evolution of whistled forms of languages are also explored, including the r...