Sign Language And Language Acquisition In Man And Ape: New Dimensions In Comparative Pedolinguistics

by Fred C. C. Peng, Roger S Fouts, Duane M Rumbaugh

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367302733
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2020
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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