Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can

Autori

• Herbert S. Terrace

Parametri

• Antropologia
• Linguistica
• Psicologia
• Saggistica
• Scienza

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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.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2019

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