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The Behavior of Communicating : An Ethological Approach.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1977Copyright date: ©1977Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (559 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674043794
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Behavior of CommunicatingDDC classification:
  • 591.59
LOC classification:
  • QL776
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Diversity of Displays -- 3 Analysis of a Display Repertoire -- 4 Messages: The Kinds of Information Made Available by Displays -- 5 Widespread Behavioral Selection Messages -- 6 Further Messages: Behavioral and Nonbehavioral -- 7 The Origin of Widespread Messages -- 8 Differing Approaches to the Analysis of Display Behavior -- 9 Contextual Sources of Information -- 10 Meanings and Functions -- 11 Origins and Differentiation of Display Behavior -- 12 Effects of Evolution on the Forms of Displays and Accoutrements -- 13 The Concept of Formalized Behavior -- 14 Formalized Interactions -- 15 A Prologue to the Study of Communicating -- References -- Index.
Summary: In this book, W. John Smith enlarges ethology's perspective on communication and takes it in new directions. Smith's approach is deeply rooted in the ethological tradition of naturalistic observations. Detailed analysis of observed displays and display repertoires illuminates the theoretical discussion that forms the core of the book.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Diversity of Displays -- 3 Analysis of a Display Repertoire -- 4 Messages: The Kinds of Information Made Available by Displays -- 5 Widespread Behavioral Selection Messages -- 6 Further Messages: Behavioral and Nonbehavioral -- 7 The Origin of Widespread Messages -- 8 Differing Approaches to the Analysis of Display Behavior -- 9 Contextual Sources of Information -- 10 Meanings and Functions -- 11 Origins and Differentiation of Display Behavior -- 12 Effects of Evolution on the Forms of Displays and Accoutrements -- 13 The Concept of Formalized Behavior -- 14 Formalized Interactions -- 15 A Prologue to the Study of Communicating -- References -- Index.

In this book, W. John Smith enlarges ethology's perspective on communication and takes it in new directions. Smith's approach is deeply rooted in the ethological tradition of naturalistic observations. Detailed analysis of observed displays and display repertoires illuminates the theoretical discussion that forms the core of the book.

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