/newsroom/taxonomy/term/16282/all en /newsroom/channels/news/songbirds-and-humans-share-some-common-speech-patterns-331622 <p>If you listen to songbirds, you will recognize repeated melodies or phrases. Each phrase is made up of distinct sounds, strung together. A study from researchers at Ã山ǿ¼é has found that the song phrases of many songbird species follow patterns that are similar to those used in human speech. At least in some respects.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:43:37 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 269888 at /newsroom