A phonetic pilot study of chirp, chatter, tweet and tweedle in three domestic cats

Susanne Schötz

A phonetic pilot study of chirp, chatter, tweet and tweedle in three domestic cats

Susanne Schötz

Phonetics

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Abstract

This study collected 257 vocalisations from three domestic cats when they were watching birds through the window. The sounds were subdivided into the types chatter, chirp, tweet and tweedle, and analysed for duration and F0. Variation was found within and between these types as well as within and between the three cats in both duration and F0. A tentative taxonomy of prey-observing cat vocalisations is suggested based on words used for bird sounds.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	[Host publication title missing]
Editors	Robert Eklund
Publisher	Linköping University
Pages	65-68
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Fonetik 2013 - Linköping, Linköping, Sweden Duration: 2013 Jun 12 → 2013 Jun 13

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Conference	Fonetik 2013
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Linköping
Period	2013/06/12 → 2013/06/13

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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)

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Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics

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cat vocalisations
felid vocalisations

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Phonetic Characteristics of Domestic Cat Vocalisations
Schötz, S., van de Weijer, J. & Eklund, R., 2017 Aug 25, Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Vocal interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots: VIHAR 2017. Dassow, A., Marxer, R. & Moore, R. K. (eds.). p. 5–6
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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CCL: Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning
Sahlén, B. (PI), Gärdenfors, P. (PI), Hesslow, G. (Researcher), Lindgren, M. (PI), Strömqvist, S. (PI), Byström, I. (Administrator), Sjöstrand, E. (Administrator), Mårtensson, J. (Researcher), Andersson, A. (Researcher), Hansson, K. (Researcher), Gullberg, M. (Researcher), Johansson, R. (Researcher), Johansson, M. (Researcher), Falck, A. (Researcher), Roll, M. (Researcher), Ståhlberg, F. (Researcher), Horne, M. (Researcher), Blomberg, F. (Researcher), Johansson, V. (Researcher), Nirme, J. (Research student), Gulz, A. (Researcher), van de Weijer, J. (Researcher), Paradis, C. (Researcher), Tärning, B. (Research student), Bramao, I. (Researcher), Sayehli, S. (Researcher), Löhndorf, S. (Research student), Willners, C. (Researcher), Blomberg, J. (Research assistant), Schötz, S. (Researcher), Haake, M. (Researcher), Brännström, J. (Researcher), Grenner, E. (Research student), Holsanova, J. (Researcher), Wengelin, Å. (Researcher), Johnsson, M. (Researcher), Winberg, S. (Researcher), Balkenius, C. (Researcher), Gharaee, Z. (Researcher) & Bååth, R. (Research student)
Swedish Research Council
2008/01/01 → 2018/12/31
Project: Research

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A phonetic pilot study of chirp, chatter, tweet and tweedle in three domestic cats

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