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Apes, Language, and the Human Mind

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This landmark text presents the authors’ decades-long study of Kanzi, a bonobo who learned to use lexigrams and comprehend spoken English, reaching developmental capabilities comparable to a 2½‑year‑old human child
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The book combines a personal narrative of Kanzi’s upbringing with theoretical critique, addressing philosophical preconceptions, speciesism, and the broader implications for cognitive science and the evolution of language
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Notable for challenging Chomskyan assumptions about human-exclusive language capacity, it sparked significant controversy and debate within linguistic and psychological communities

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Series Title

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Call Number

599,885594 R936

Publisher

: Oxford University Press., 1998

Collation

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0195109864

Classification

599,885594

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

volume

Edition

1st Edition

Subject(s)

Primate language research, cognitive science, anth

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