In the analysis of animal communication, the roles of three necessary primary components of the event of any communication (a communicator, a signal, and a recipient) must be understood. This requires use of the concepts message, meaning, and both immediate and historical context. These concepts and their relationships are explained and exemplified.
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W. J. Bernhard Smith (1965) studied this question.
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