Abstract
Revisiting Fitch and Hauser's Observation That Tamarin Monkeys Can Learn Combinations Based on Finite-State Grammar.
Highlights
In a groundbreaking work, Fitch and Hauser (2004) compared artificial grammar learning between human and cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) using finite-state grammar (FSG) and phrasestructure grammar (PSG) types
They found that while humans are able to learn both grammar types, the tamarin monkeys could only learn combinations based on FSG
While F&H used the (AB)n stimulus under the assumption that this models FSG, I suggest that what F&H demonstrated for tamarins was that they are capable of learning binary combinations, which occur in natural settings
Summary
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States Keywords: Chomsky hierarchy, tamarin, finite-state grammar, phrase-structure grammar, alarm calls, frontal operculum, Broca’s area, putty-nosed monkey Specialty section: This article was submitted to Language Sciences, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Received: 07 September 2021 Accepted: 02 November 2021 Published: 29 November 2021 Citation: Miyagawa S (2021) Revisiting Fitch and Hauser’s Observation That Tamarin Monkeys Can Learn Combinations Based on Finite-State Grammar. Front. Psychol. 12:772291.
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