Kanzi's Primal Language

副标题: The Cultural Initiation of Primates into Language

ISBN: 9781403996046

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版年: 2006-3-3

页数: 248

定价: USD 135.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's work on the language capabilities of the bonobo Kanzi has intrigued the world because of its far-reaching implications for understanding the evolution of the human language. This book takes the reader behind the scenes of the filmed language tests. It argues that while the tests prove that Kanzi has language, the even more remarkable manner in which he originally acquired it - spontaneously, in a culture shared with humans - calls for a re-thinking of language, emphasizing its primal cultural dimensions.