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Also think about the huge differences in how we configure the various parts of what is called our “vocal tract” (all the anatomical bits involved; more about that later) when we produce even simple vowels, like /a/ (as in “pasta”) or /i/ (as in “bee”). For starters, think about how humans need African Grey parrot grooming and boarding their lips for what are called “plosives”—consonants like /p/ and /b/. And birds like Alex also demonstrate anticipatory co-articulation, even though their vocal tracts are quite different from those of humans. They seem to use their esophagus to “burp” some of these consonants (see Pepperberg et al., 1997; Warren et al., 1996), just as humans who have had a laryngectomy. Their sound source is not their larynx, but rather their syrinx—a set of muscles at the base of their trachea, essentially connecting their lungs and trachea. The sound then is further shaped by parts of the mouth—predominantly the tongue (whether it moves toward the front or back of the mouth, or up towards or down from the palate), the opening or closing of the mouth, and the placement of the lip
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What is fascinating about how African grey parrots produce human speech is not only that they can do it at all, but also that they don’t do it the same way as do humans, and that different parrots (individuals and species) often do it in different ways as well. The actual production of speech—both in African grey parrots and humans—is quite a bit more complex than the brief description I’ve provided here; the referenced papers provide far more information. Beak opening in African grey parrots is just as important as is mouth opening in humans. The African grey parrot tongue moves back and forth quite a bit depending on the vowel produced, but not as much up and down as does the human tongu
It basically reflects our understanding that the vocal African Grey parrot grooming and boarding tract is able to change in myriad ways to produce all the sounds of human speech. The larynx—the human sound source—contains what are called vocal cords, membranes that close together and vibrate as air that is expelled from the lungs passes between them. The sound then travels up the trachea, which is only somewhat flexible, and the change in the trachea as each vowel is produced results in its characteristic F1. When they produce true (rather than whistled) human speech, the vibration of these muscles produce the F
The actual production of speech—both in African grey parrots and humans—is quite a bit more complex than the brief description I’ve provided here; the referenced papers provide far more informatio
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When humans speak, the initial sound is produced in the larynx, a hollow tube in the middle of the neck, just above the trachea (the windpipe, connecting the lungs and larynx) and behind the esophagus (the tube that leads from your mouth to your stomach). So, just as for humans, the combination of formants are unique for each vowel produced by an African grey parrot (see Fig 2). The vibration of the larynx is mostly responsible for what is called the fundamental frequency or formant F0 in human speech (note that a structure called the glottis also has some effect on the production of the sound, but not as much as the vocal cords). So, a very brief description of human speech, and then more about parrots who sound like humans. So, the next time you listen to a parrot use human speech, think about all the effort that is involved—the bird has to learn to control all these different parts of its vocal tract in ways that are quite different from how it produces its normal squawks and whistles! The sound then goes up through the avian glottis, which has a slit called the avian larynx; these organs affect the sound somewhat for each vowel, but (as in humans) not nearly as much as do the tongue and bea
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