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Research into non-human Great Ape language has generated a great deal of evidence suggesting that apes are capable of using sophisticated communication with humans and other apes. Gorillas and chimpanzees have been taught to form signs in sign language, arrange physical tokens in specific sequences, and operate lexigrams (keyboards with symbols on them). Analysis suggests that meaningful information is being conveyed by these behaviors, but it is disputed whether this phenomenon is truly language.
Questions in animal language research
Animal language research attempts to answer the following questions:
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ViiciiousViixen (Monica Ferrari) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:55:49 -0000
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Language in Apes: How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them - An overview written by Dave Switzer that features a summaries of multiple research projects. Also offers primate glossary.
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Language Research Center - Primate research center studying language acquisition through work with bonobos and chimpanzees. Features a list of publications and ape biographies.
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Primate Research Institute: Section of Language and Intelligence - Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.
Primate Use of Language - Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.
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The Case Against the Animal Mind - A article by Clive Wynne that argues evidence from the ape sign language studies demonstrates that our closest animal relatives do not have consciousness.
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The Primatech Project - A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta.
The Straight Dope: Are Gorillas Using Sign Language Really Communicating with Humans? - Cecil Adams' research column on the divided scientific opinions about apes and language.
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