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Speaking of Apes

A Critical Anthology of Two-Way Communication with Man

Part of the book series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics (TICSE, volume 172)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction: Questioning Apes

    • Jean Umiker-Sebeok, Thomas A. Sebeok
    Pages 1-59
  3. A Word Between Us

    • Eric H. Lenneberg
    Pages 71-83
  4. Language, Name, and Concept

    • Jacob Bronowski, Ursula Bellugi
    Pages 103-113
  5. Of Language Knowledge, Apes, and Brains

    • Eric H. Lenneberg
    Pages 115-140
  6. Can Chimpanzees Learn a Phonemic Language?

    • Alice F. Healy
    Pages 141-143
  7. Language, Communication, Chimpanzees

    • Georges Mounin
    Pages 161-177
  8. Chimpanzees and Language Evolution

    • William A. Malmi
    Pages 191-196
  9. Language in Child and Chimp?

    • John Limber
    Pages 197-220
  10. Language Behavior of Apes

    • Duane M. Rumbaugh
    Pages 231-259
  11. Man-Chimpanzee Communication

    • Roger S. Fouts, Randall L. Rigby
    Pages 261-285
  12. Comparative Psychology and Language Acquisition

    • R. Allen Gardner, Beatrice T. Gardner
    Pages 287-330
  13. Apes and Language

    • Jane H. Hill
    Pages 331-351
  14. Linguistically Mediated Tool Use and Exchange by Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes)

    • E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Sally Boysen
    Pages 353-383
  15. Is Problem-Solving Language?

    • H. S. Terrace
    Pages 385-405

Editors and Affiliations

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Thomas A. Sebeok, Jean Umiker-Sebeok

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Speaking of Apes

  • Book Subtitle: A Critical Anthology of Two-Way Communication with Man

  • Editors: Thomas A. Sebeok, Jean Umiker-Sebeok

  • Series Title: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3012-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3014-1Published: 27 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3012-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 480

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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