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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	QL776 .S596 2012		AVAILABLE

Author	Slobodchikoff, C. N.
Title	Chasing Doctor Dolittle : learning the language of animals / Con Slobodchikoff.
Edition	First edition.
OCLC	778421574
ISBN	9780312611798 (hardcover)
	031261179X (hardcover)
	9781250012050 (e-book)
	1250012058 (e-book)
Publisher	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Description	308 pages ; 22 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Animal communication.
	Language and languages.
	Animal psychology.
	Human-animal communication.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Doctor Dolittle and animal language -- What is language? -- A new theory of language -- Watch out! -- What's for dinner? -- Let me love you -- Back off! -- Hello, my name is Joe -- What's the big deal?.
Summary	Discusses how animals are capable of interacting intelligently through vocal and physical methods, drawing on work with prairie dogs to present evidence of animal communication methods and how they can be imitated by human researchers.

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