This book represents early and prominent forays into the subject of human-animal communication from a Communication Studies perspectives, an effort that brings
Communication is a basic behaviour, found across animal species. Human language is often thought of as a unique system, which separates humans from other animal
Despite its inherent interdisciplinarity, the Communication discipline has remained an almost entirely anthropocentric enterprise. This book represents early an
The explanation of animal communication by means of concepts like information, meaning and reference is one of the central foundational issues in animal behavio
The book raises semiotic questions of human'animal relations: what is the semiotic character of different species, how humans endow animals with meaning, and ho