Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can

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• Herbert S. Terrace

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• 248 Seiten
• 9 Lesestunden

• Anthropologie
• Linguistik
• Psychologie
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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Herbert S. Terrace revisits his 1970s experiment to teach a chimpanzee language, Project Nim, to offer a novel view of the origins of human language. In contrast to both Noam Chomsky and his critics, Terrace contends that words, as much as grammar, are the cornerstones of language.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Einband: Hardcover