Functional Vocalizations by an African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
Zeitschrift für TierpsychologiePublished 12 January 1981
Irene M. Pepperberg
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Abstract
Abstract An African grey parrot, after 26 months of speech training, has acquired a verbal vocabulary consisting of three color adjectives, two phrases for describing shape, 9 nouns, and functional use of the word “no”. The parrot is capable of correctly combining these vocalizations so as to identify proficiently, request, and/or refuse more than 30 objects by means of verbal labels.
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