Goal of the present article is to re-open the question of language and Interspecific Communication Experiments (ICE, from now on) from a biosemiotic point of view, starting from the realisation that crucial aspects of the issue have been so far underrated or even missed. In particular: - The specifically semiotic achievements of the ICE; - The connection between these achievements and the notion of language; - The consideration of ICE, as research carried out on individual non-human subjects, with specific background, attitudes, etc., in relation to the results achieved; - The several ethical implications of ICE, in terms of both methodology and outcomes. Although I am aware that most of the reflections proposed in this article are to say the least controversial, I am by all means convinced that the discussion on these matters should be restarted, as it deserves a more thorough scrutiny, and - perhaps - a less anthropocentric approach
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Martinelli, D. (2007). Language and interspecific communication experiments: A case to re-open? In Introduction to Biosemiotics: The New Biological Synthesis (pp. 473–518). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4814-9_18
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