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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 days ago

Some Dogs Learn New Words Just Like Toddlers Do

Most dog owners are aware that their pooch is smart enough to know a few choice phraseswalkies, for instance, or, perhaps more likely, time for dinner. Some particularly intelligent canines can even identify more than 100 words. And incredibly, a few genius doggies may be able to learn words not by being taught but purely by eavesdropping on human conversations.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

These dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping

Some dogs learn new object names by overhearing brief human interactions and using human social cues and gaze to map words to hidden, out-of-sight objects.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Dogs name toys while elephants name each other. Animal language is more complex than we imagine | Helen Pilcher

Many animals exhibit complex communicative behaviours that parallel elements of human language, including naming, functional categorisation, dialects, and bonding vocal patterns.
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Some dogs can classify their toys by function

Co-author Claudia Fugazza of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, likens this ability to a person calling a hammer and a rock by the same name, or a child understanding that "cup" can describe a mug, a glass, or a tumbler, because they serve the same function. "The rock and the hammer look physically different, but they can be used for the same function," she said. "So now it turns out that these dogs can do the same."
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