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![Finches Appreciate Good Grammar
A Kyoto University study performed on Bengal finches suggests that they are capable of recognizing ungrammatical changes in song syntax, that their own bird song structure is based on learned rules, and that they are able to detect changes in syntax even within newly introduced songs.
‘They may not have verbs, nouns or past participles, but birds challenge the notion that humans alone have evolved grammatical rules. […] [Their reactions to hearing changes in song structures] indicates the existence of a specific rule in the sequential orderings of syllables in their songs, shared within the social community,” Abe told New Scientist.’
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Finches Appreciate Good Grammar
A Kyoto University study performed on Bengal finches suggests that they are capable of recognizing ungrammatical changes in song syntax, that their own bird song structure is based on learned rules, and that they are able to detect changes in syntax even within newly introduced songs.
‘They may not have verbs, nouns or past participles, but birds challenge the notion that humans alone have evolved grammatical rules. […] [Their reactions to hearing changes in song structures] indicates the existence of a specific rule in the sequential orderings of syllables in their songs, shared within the social community,” Abe told New Scientist.’
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