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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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Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can, Herbert S. Terrace
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Herbert S. Terrace
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0231171102
- ISBN13
- 9780231171106
- Description
- 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.