Terrace Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-55001-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures

Herbert S. Terrace revisits his 1970s experiment to teach a chimpanzee language, Project Nim, to offer a novel view of the origins of human language. In contrast to both Noam Chomsky and his critics, Terrace contends that words, as much as grammar, are the cornerstones of language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Terrace, Herbert S.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Terrace Herbert:
Herbert Terrace is a Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and director of the Primate Cognition Lab. He is the author of Nim: A Chimpanzee Who Learned Sign Language (Columbia University Press, 1987) and more recently the editor of Agency and Joint Attention (with Janet Metcalfe, Oxford University Press, 2013).Herbert S. Terrace is professor of psychology at Columbia University, where he is the director of the Primate Cognition Lab. His books include Nim: A Chimpanzee Who Learned Sign Language (Columbia, 1987).