primate communication? 'Discourse'

[Bryllars at concentric.net]

 >Is it habitual among primatologists and students of primate communication
to refer to this
 >(communication) as "discourse"?

This seems an interesting question and point.

"Discourse analysis" seems to have emerged from 'descriptive' linguistics
somehow seeming more concrete and "objective" than
working with conversation, and more tied to a text.

Others in other traditions speak a little differently about communication
patterns.

Should we "analyze" it?

Bryllars





At 01:24 PM 11/7/02 +0100, you wrote:
>Janina Fenigsen,
>
>Sorry, I'm not answering your query (I have no idea about it), but asking
>instead: Is it habitual among primatologists and students of primate
>communication to refer to this (communication) as "discourse"?  Has this
>terminological/conceptual issue been discussed in the field?
>
>Thanks,
>-celso
>Celso Alvarez Cáccamo
>lxalvarz at udc.es
>
>At 21:04 06/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have a student who has been working with gibbons for a couple of years
>>and now would like to do her senior thesis on gibbon communication. She
>>is interested in gender differences in the organization of gibbon
>>discourse. Does anybody know of work in primate communication along
>>these lines?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>
>>janina fenigsen
>
>