不相邻的依赖处理 (或缺乏) 在红猩猩:一个人工语法实验实验
Maël Leroux1,2, Nicole J Lahiff2,3, Chiara Zulberti2,4
1Univ Rennes, Normandie Univ, CNRS, EthoS (Ethologie animale et humaine) - UMR 6552, Rennes, France.
Royal Society open science
|April 24, 2025
概括
博诺博在人工语法学习任务中没有表现出处理相邻或非相邻依赖性的能力. 这一发现挑战了这种语言前体是古老的,与我们的灵长类祖先共享的假设.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 灵长类动物学 灵长类动物学
- 进化语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 人类语言依赖于处理语法依赖关系,无论是相邻的还是非相邻的.
- 有证据表明,基本的依赖处理可能是祖先的,与非人类灵长类动物共享.
- 作为近亲的牛,对于测试语言起源的进化假设至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究红猩猩处理相邻和非相邻依赖性的能力.
- 为了测试一个古老的,共享的起源的假设,用于语法依赖处理.
- 为了告知关于语言根源的进化推断.
主要方法:
- 使用任意声学刺激的人工语法学习范式.
- 习惯刺激与相邻和非相邻的依赖规则.
- 在新兴刺激中测试规则的应用和违规检测.
主要成果:
- 博诺博没有显示出处理相邻依赖关系的证据.
- 波诺博没有证明处理非相邻的依赖关系.
- 这项研究未能找到支持类动物学习和应用语法规则的能力.
结论:
- 这些发现复杂化了与最后一个共同祖先共享的依赖处理的同源起源的说法.
- 需要对多样化的博诺博种群和其他类人猿进行进一步的研究.
- 语法能力的进化轨迹仍然是一个开放的问题.
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