Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Language theory and foundations
  • Language origin theories / Gordon Winant Hewes 3
  • Linguistic communication : theory and definition / Ernst von Glasersfeld 55
  • Cross-modal perception : a basis for language? / Richard K. Davenport 73
  • Part II. Design of the LANA project
  • The LANA project : origin and tactics / Duane M. Rumbaugh, Harold Warner, and Ernst von Glasersfeld 87
  • The Yerkish language and its automatic parser / Ernst von Glasersfeld
  • Computer programs / Pier Paolo Pisani 131
  • The system : design and operation / Harold Warner and Charles L. Bell 143
  • Training strategy and tactics / Timothy V. Gill and Duane M. Rumbaugh 157
  • Part III. Lana's mastery of language-type skills
  • Lana's acquisition of language skills / Duane m. Rumbaugh and Timothy V. Gill 165
  • Language relevant object- and color-naming tasks / Susan Essock, Timothy V. Gill, and Duane M. Rumbaugh 193
  • Color perception and color classification / Susan M. Essock 207
  • Conversations with Lana / Timothy V. Gill 225
  • Acquisition and use of mathematical skills by a linguistic chimpanzee / Gwendolyn B. Dooley and Timothy V. Gill 247
  • Part IV. Projects for the future
  • The conversation board / Harold Warner, Charles L. Bell, and Josephine V. Brown 263
  • Implications of the Yerkes technology for mentally retarded human subjects / Dorothy A. Parkel, Royce A. White, and Harold Warner 273
  • Part V. Language and communication : a perspective
  • Communication, language, and Lana : a perspective / E. Sue Savage and Duane M. Rumbaugh.