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BL
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876541
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Terrace, Herbert S.,1936-
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| Title & Author
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Why chimpanzees can't learn language and only humans can /\ Herbert S. Terrace.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, [2019]
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| Series Statement
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University seminars: Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxii, 219 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0231550014
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: 9780231550017
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0231171102
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9780231171106
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- Prologue -- Innumerable gradations -- Ape language -- Recent human ancestors and the possible origin of words -- Before an infant learns to speak -- The origin of language, words in particular -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Animal intelligence.
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Chimpanzees-- Behavior.
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Human behavior.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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Animal intelligence.
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Chimpanzees-- Behavior.
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Human behavior.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.88515/13
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| LC Classification
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QL737.P94T38 2019
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| Parallel Title
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Why chimpanzees cannot learn language and only humans can
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