Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
Reihe: Functional Linguistics
Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 327 g
Reihe: Functional Linguistics
ISBN: 978-1-904768-05-0
Verlag: Equinox Publishing
Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. The levels are context of culture, context of situation, semantics, lexicogrammar, and phonology; and the functions are ideational, interpersonal, and textual. Chapter 1 discusses a negotiation between the bonobo Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in terms of discourse-semantics, lexicogrammar, and the ideational and interpersonal metafunctions of language. Chapter 2 reinterprets Sue Savage-Rumbaugh et. al. Language Comprehension in Ape and Child (1993) in terms of the ideational metafunction, and provides corroborative evidence for Kanzi's symbolic processing abilities, opening a window into the consciousness of at least one non-human primate. Chapter 3 compares three snapshots from comprehensive studies based on large amounts of data (monkey calls, language development in a human child, and a dialogue between Kanzi's sibling Panbanisha and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh) from an evolutionary perspective, showing different ways in which the level of grammar comes to be wedged in between semantics and expression. Chapter 4 articulates a methodology incorporating public domain software for the comprehensive analysis of ape-human interaction. Although bonobo-human interaction is used as an example, the methodology could be utilized for studies of chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.
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Preface; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Chapter 1. The interpersonal dimension: Confrontation and support in bonobo-human discourse; James D. Benson, Peter Fries, William S. Greaves, Kazyoshi Iwamoto, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Jared P. Taglialatela; Chapter 2. The ideational dimension: Evidence for symbolic language processing in a bonobo (Pan paniscus); James D. Benson, William S. Greaves, Michael O'Donnell and Jared P. Taglialatela; Chapter 3. The evolutionary dimension: The thin edge of the wedge -- grammar and discourse in the evolution of langauge; James D. Benson, William S. Greaves, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Jared P. Taglialatela and Paul J. Thibault; Chapter 4. The multistratal dimension: A methodology for phonetic analysis of vocalizations of language competent Bonobos; James D. Benson, Meena Debashish, William S. Greaves, Jennifer Lukas, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Jared P. Taglialialatela
