Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows

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Stares and ear-twitches: The linguist learning to speak the expressive language of cows

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Linguistics@mander.xyz · 2 months ago

Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?

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