– We want to see whether and to what extent the cat sounds are influenced by human speech. It seems that cats use different dialects – says phonetician prof. Susanne Schötz.
Cats domesticated already 10 000 years ago. From now they learned to communicate with people using both visual cues and sound.
particularly talkative breeds are Siamese and Burmese. Wild cats meow usually only in childhood, to the attention of the mother. As explained by prof. Susanne Schotz, at about 90 percent. cases sounds of a cat may be an attempt to attract attention to his person.
During the study, researchers will record the sounds in 30-50 different situations for several animals, as well as analyze intonation and manner of speaking to cats by people. They will attempt to recognize what sounds seem happy, upset or sad cats.
Humanity-cat dictionary could help for example. Veterinarians.
(ew / PAP / University of Lund)
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