Uphononongo lubonisa ukukwazi kweekati ukucalula ukuthetha umntu amagama asekelwe kulwazi kunye neefonetiki
Izinja kwaye cats zezona ntlobo zixhaphakileyo zimbini ezifuywayo abantu. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ehlabathini lonke zingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-600 iikati ezihlala nabantu. Nangona uninzi lwezifundo zifumaneka kwintsebenziswano phakathi kwabantu nezinja, intsebenziswano phakathi kweekati zasekhaya kunye nabantu ayikaphononongwa. Uphando ngezilwanyana ezanyisayo eziquka izinja, iinkawu kunye namahlengesi lubonise ukuba ezi zilwanyana ziyawaqonda amagama athile athethwa ngabantu. Ezi zilwanyana zanyisayo zijongwa ngokwendalo ngokwentlalo kwaye zinotyekelo oluphezulu lokunxibelelana nokusabela ebantwini. Ezinye izinja eziqeqeshwe kakuhle ziyakwazi ukwahlula phakathi kwamagama angama-200-1000 asetyenziswa ngabantu.
Uphononongo olutsha olupapashwe kwi indalo Iingxelo zeSayensi ibonelela ngobungqina bokuqala bovavanyo bokuba iikati ezifuywayo zingawaqaphela amagama azo ukuba ziyawazi. Olu luphononongo lokuqala lokuhlalutya ukukwazi kweekati ezifuywayo ukuqonda nokuqonda amazwi abantu. Uphononongo lwangaphambili lubonise ukuba iikati ziyakwazi ukwahlula phakathi kwamazwi omnini wazo kunye nomntu wasemzini kwaye iikati zinokutshintsha ukuziphatha kuxhomekeke kwinkangeleko yobuso bomnini wabo. Xa kuthelekiswa nezinja, iikati azihlali ngokwemvelo kwaye zibonwa zisebenzisana nabantu ngokubona kwazo.
Kuphononongo lwangoku oluqhutywe kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu, iinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kwiminyaka eyi-17 ubudala iikati zesini kunye neentlobo ezixubeneyo zakhethwa kwaye zahlulwa zibe ngamaqela ama-4 ukwenza imifuniselo eyahlukeneyo. Zonke iikati zahlanjululwa / zafakwa i-neutered. Abaphandi bavavanya igama lekati kunye nezinye izibizo ezifanayo zobude kunye ne-accent. Iikati zaziwavile amagama azo ngaphambili kwaye zaziwaqhelile, ngokungafaniyo namanye amagama. Kwadlalwa ushicilelo lwelizwi olunamagama amahlanu athethwa ngokulandelelana, apho igama lesihlanu yayiligama leekati. Ezi rekhodi zenziwe ngabaphandi ngelizwi labo kunye nelizwi labanini beekati.
Xa iikati ziva amagama azo, zaziphendula ngokushukumisa iindlebe okanye iintloko zazo. Le mpendulo isekwe kuzo zombini iimpawu zefonetiki kunye nokuqhelana negama. Kwelinye icala, iikati zahlala zithe cwaka okanye zingazi nto xa ziva amanye amagama. Iziphumo ezifanayo ziye zabonwa kuzo zombini ushicilelo olwenziwe ngabanini beekati kunye nabaphandi, oko kukuthi, abantu abangaqhelananga neekati. Impendulo yeekati yayingenamdla kangako kwaye yayijonge ngakumbi 'kwindlela yokuziphatha' kunye 'nendlela yokuziphatha yokunxibelelana' efana nokushukumisa imisila okanye ukusebenzisa ilizwi lazo. Oku kunokuxhomekeka kubume bemeko apho amagama abo abizwa khona kwaye ezinye iimeko zinokuzisa impendulo eguqukayo.
Abaphandi bathi xa kukho ikati engazange iphendule, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ikati isenokukwazi ukulazi igama layo kodwa ikhethe ukungayiphenduli. Ukunqongophala kwempendulo kunokubalelwa kumanqanaba aphantsi eekati enkuthazo yokusebenzisana nabantu ngokubanzi okanye iimvakalelo zabo ngexesha lovavanyo. Ngapha koko, iikati ezihlala kwikhaya eliqhelekileyo elineekati ezi-4 okanye ngaphezulu zazikwazi ukwahlula phakathi kwamagama azo kunye namanye amagama eekati. Oku bekulindeleke ukuba kwenzeke ekhaya kunase 'cat café' - indawo yoshishino apho abantu beza khona banxibelelane ngokukhululekileyo neekati ezihlala apho. Ngenxa yomahluko kwimeko yentlalo kwi-café yekati, iikati zingakwazi ukuchonga ngokucacileyo amagama azo. Kwakhona, inani eliphezulu leekati ezihlala kwindawo yokutyela linokuzichaphazela iziphumo kwaye olu vavanyo lwenziwe kwikhefi enye kuphela.
Uphononongo lwangoku lubonisa ukuba iikati zinamandla okucalula amagama athethwayo abantu ngokusekelwe kwiimpawu zefonetiki kunye nokuqhelana kwabo negama. Olu lucalucalulo lufumaneka ngokwemvelo ngonxibelelwano oluqhelekileyo lwemihla ngemihla phakathi kwabantu kunye neekati kwaye ngaphandle koqeqesho olongezelelweyo. Izifundo ezinjalo zinokusinceda siqonde indlela yokuziphatha kweekati ezingqonge abantu kwaye zisixelele ngezakhono zekati malunga nokunxibelelana kwekati yomntu. Olu hlalutyo lunokuphucula ubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu kunye neekati zabo ezifuywayo ngaloo ndlela zizuzisa zombini.
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