Apes, language, and the human mind [[electronic resource] /] / Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Stuart G. Shanker, Talbot J. Taylor

• Autore: Savage-Rumbaugh E. Sue <1946->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 599.885159/4
• Soggetto topico: Bonobo - Psychology; Kanzi (Bonobo); Human-animal communication; Language acquisition; Neurolinguistics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ShankerStuart TaylorTalbot J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Bringing up Kanzi; 2 Philosophical Preconceptions; 3 Rhetorical Inclinations; 4 Beyond Speciesism; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Current primate research has yielded stunning results that not only threaten our underlying assumptions about the cognitive and communicative abilities of nonhuman primates, but also bring into question what it means to be human. At the forefront of this research, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh recently has achieved a scientific breakthrough of impressive proportions. Her work with Kanzi, a laboratory-reared bonobo, has led to Kanzi's acquisition of linguistic and cognitive skills similar to those of a two and a half year-old human child. Apes, Language, and the Human Mind skillfully combines a fascinati
• Titolo autorizzato: Apes, language, and the human mind
• ISBN: 1-280-45324-9; 9786610453245; 0-19-802697-8; 1-4237-4131-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449773803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II