Sign Language and Language Acquisition in Man and Ape: New Dimensions in Comparative Pedolinguistics

ISBN-13: 9780367302733 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020

Fred C. C. Peng; Roger S. Fouts; Duane M. Rumbaugh

Opis

This volume presents a lucid account of what sign language is in relation to oral language, and of the capacity of nonhuman primates to learn specific, human-origin language systems.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- Sign Language and Culture -- Code and Culture -- The American Sign Language Lexicon and Guidelines for the Standardization and Development of Technical Signs -- Language Acquisition in Apes and Children -- Sign Language in Chimpanzees -- Language Skills, Cognition, and the Chimpanzee -- Linguistic Capabilities of a Lowland Gorilla -- Linguistic Potentials of Nonhuman Primates -- Comments and Remarks

O autorze

Fred C. C Peng