¿Pueden adquirir palabras los animales?sobre el aprendizaje de palabras por un perro

  1. Longa Martínez, Víctor Manuel
  2. López Rivera, Juan José
Zeitschrift:
ELUA: Estudios de Lingüística. Universidad de Alicante

ISSN: 0212-7636 2171-6692

Datum der Publikation: 2005

Nummer: 19

Seiten: 301-318

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.14198/ELUA2005.19.15 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Andere Publikationen in: ELUA: Estudios de Lingüística. Universidad de Alicante

Zusammenfassung

It has been argued that several animal species possess the equivalent of human words from the perspectives of production or perception. This article critically discusses such proposals, with special reference to Kaminski, Cali & Fisher's (2004) paper, which concentrates its work on the "word learning" abilities of a domestic dog. We argue that attributing words (or word-like items) to animals supposes a misconception about what words actually imply. Such a misconception considers words to be much simpler than they are. Accordingly, the article suggests, and aims at showing, that the seemingly lexical achievements of the aforementioned dog, named Rico, (and those of other animals) are not with true words; instead, they are to be regarded as labels for objects or concepts.