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Can Human-Taught Primates Produce a Non-Verbal Language?
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Jaramillo, James A. – 1995
The debate over whether primates can be taught visual language is examined, and evidence of use of nonverbal language in primate studies is compared with the language criteria of a number of linguistic researchers. Background information on language, visual language (including sign language), and the parameters of the studies is offered, including…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Processing