Doctor Dolittle's delusion : animals and the uniqueness of human language /

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Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate? Or is human language unique to human beings, just as many complex behaviours of other species are uniquely theirs? This engrossing book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and ass...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anderson, Stephen R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Animal communication.
Language and languages.
Animal Communication
Language
Communication animale.
Langage et langues.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Animal communication
Language and languages
Dieren.
Communicatie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Animals, language, and linguistics
  • Language and communication
  • On studying cognition
  • The dance "language" of honeybees
  • Sound in frog and man
  • Birds and babies learning to speak
  • What primates have to say for themselves
  • Syntax
  • Language is not just speech
  • Language instruction in the laboratory
  • Language, biology, and evolution.

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