Why chimpanzees can't learn language and only humans can /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 219 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231550017 0231550014 |