parrot (Psittacus erithacus) and his primary human trainer are identified. Comparisons
demonstrated both differences (coherence of voicing [/p, t, k/and/b, d, g/] and place [/p, b/,/t,
d/, and/k, g/] subsets, predictive power of measures related to F 1 and F 3) and similarities
(categorical distinctions among stop consonants) in acoustic properties of psittacine and
human speech. The authors suggest how acoustic data might be correlated with articulatory …