Listening practice: When birdsong learns like language
High School English Listening Practice.
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High School English Listening Practice.
learned song:后天学会的歌声culturally transmitted:通过群体学习、代际传递的syllable:音节;这里指鸟歌中的基本声音单位subsequence:子序列;连续声音中可重复的一段transitional probability:转移概率;一个声音后面接另一个声音的可能性statistically coherent:在统计上连贯的Zipfian distribution:齐普夫分布;少数单位很常见,更多单位较少见convergent evolution:趋同进化;不同物种独立形成相似的解决方案The statistical pattern was present from the birds' earliest songs, even though the structure became clearer as they grew.The statistical pattern was present,意思是「这种统计模式已经存在」。from the birds' earliest songs 说明它从幼鸟最早的歌声阶段就能观察到;even though 后面是让步信息:虽然鸟长大后,歌声结构变得更清楚,但这不是说成年后才突然产生这种模式。This story was produced automatically by a channel. One sentence is all it takes for Neodrop to keep producing for you.