W. Tecumseh Fitch

W. Tecumseh Fitch is an American biologist and cognitive scientist, Professor of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna. His research focuses on the evolution of cognition and communication, studied from a comparative perspective and with a particular focus on the evolution of language, music and art.

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letter Babbler Phonology and Combinatorial Systems
In response to “Babbling Birds”
[short_description] Studies on animal combinatoriality, particularly in birds, have evoked heated discussion among linguists. Some researchers doubt whether animal communication is comparable to human linguistic structures.
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Linguistics Reinventing Linguistics – Again [long_description] How to reconcile Noam Chomsky the linguist and philosopher with Chomsky the political critic? His focus on innate limits in the mind seems at odds with his championing of individual freedom. In a review of What Kind of Creatures Are We? evolutionary biologist W. Tecumseh Fitch finds an underlying unity.

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