Social Influences on Vocal Development

1. Introduction Charles T. Snowdon and Martine Hausberger 2. Social interaction and sensitive phases for song learning: a critical review Douglas A. Nelson 3. Social interaction and vocal development in birds Luis F. Baptista and Sandra L. L. Gaunt 4. Building a social agenda for the study of bird song Meredith J. West, Andrew P. King and Todd M. Freeberg 5. Field observations, experimental design and the time and place of learning in bird songs Robert B. Payne and Laura L. Payne 6. Vocal learning in wild and domesticated Zebra Finches: signature cues for kin recognition or epiphenomena? Richard Zann 7. What birds with complex social relationships can tell us about vocal learning: vocal sharing in avian groups Eleanor D. Brown and Susan M. Farabaugh 8. Social influences on song acquisition and sharing in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Martine Hausberger 9. Social influences on the acquisition of human-based codes in parrots and nonhuman primates Irene Maxine Pepperberg 10. Vocal learning in captive bottlenose dolphins: a comparison to humans and nonhuman animals Brenda McCowan and Diana Reiss 11. Vocal learning in cetaceans Peter L. Tyack and Laela S. Sayigh 12. Social influences on vocal development in New World primates Charles T. Snowdon, A. Margaret Elowson and Rebecca S. Roush 13. Some general features of vocal development in nonhuman primates Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney 14. Social influences on vocal learning in human and nonhuman primates John L. Locke and Catherine Snow 15. The resilience of language in humans Susan Goldin-Meadow 16. Reciprocal interactions and the development of communication and language between parents and children Annick Jouanjean-l'Antoene 17. Crafting activities: building social organization through language in girls' and boys' groups Marjorie Harness Goodwin Index.