Scan barcode
A review by jeggfriedrice
Animal Languages by Eva Meijer
4.0
Maybe I came into this expecting a bit more than I got out of it, but I recognise that this is a great surface level introduction to the linguistics, philosophy and cognitive science ideas in this book for people who aren't, uh, literally psych and cogsci students. Nonetheless this helped me connect some dots, gave me some ideas to research, and was a super quick read.
A bit disjointed at parts and I haven't actually checked all the sources as I've seen some reviews criticise their accuracy but it was a fun light read and made me realise that not really learning anything new means that maybe I actually have been listening in lectures.
Also, I will forever retain the knowledge of how male bonobos greet eachother. This is my new "fun fact" at parties.
A bit disjointed at parts and I haven't actually checked all the sources as I've seen some reviews criticise their accuracy but it was a fun light read and made me realise that not really learning anything new means that maybe I actually have been listening in lectures.
Also, I will forever retain the knowledge of how male bonobos greet eachother. This is my new "fun fact" at parties.