A phonetic pilot study of chirp, chatter, tweet and tweedle in three domestic cats
Author
Editor
- Robert Eklund
Summary, in English
This study collected 257 vocalisations from three domestic cats when they were watching birds through the window. The sounds were subdivided into the types chatter, chirp, tweet and tweedle, and analysed for duration and F0. Variation was found within and between these types as well as within and between the three cats in both duration and F0. A tentative taxonomy of prey-observing cat vocalisations is suggested based on words used for bird sounds.
Department/s
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
65-68
Publication/Series
[Host publication title missing]
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Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
Linköping University
Topic
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Keywords
- cat vocalisations
- felid vocalisations
Conference name
Fonetik 2013
Conference date
2013-06-12 - 2013-06-13
Conference place
Linköping, Sweden
Status
Published
Project
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning