Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Herbert S. Terrace
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-01 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

GET EBOOK

In the 1970s, the behavioral psychologist Herbert S. Terrace led a remarkable experiment to see if a chimpanzee could be taught to use language. A young ape, na
The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain
Language: en
Pages: 532
Authors: Terrence W. Deacon
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-04-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

GET EBOOK

"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book Review This revolutionary book provides fres
Parrots Talk!
Language: en
Pages: 30
Authors: Pam Scheunemann
Categories: Parrots
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: ABDO

GET EBOOK

Via rhyming text, an introduction to the habits and characteristics of the parrot.
Nim Chimpsky
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Elizabeth Hess
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Bantam

GET EBOOK

Chronicles an experiment with a young chimpanzee who was brought up with a human family and taught to use sign language proficiently, until the funding for the
From Hand to Mouth
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Michael C. Corballis
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

GET EBOOK

Writing with wit and eloquence, Corballis makes nimble reference to literature, mythology, natural history, sports, and contemporary politics as he explains in