Variable expression of linguistic laws in ape gesture: a case study from chimpanzee sexual solicitation.
A. Safryghin, C. P. Cross, B. Fallon, R. Heesen, R. Ferrer-i-Cancho, C. Hobaiter
The paper examines Zipf's law of brevity and Menzerath's law in chimpanzee sexual solicitation gestures, finding support for Menzerath's law but not Zipf's, suggesting context-dependent communication patterns.
bioRxiv · May 19, 2021Animal Behavior & Cognition