Elements of syntax in the systems of three language-trained animals

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Kako, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHIMPANZEE; DOLPHIN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORYPHAENIDAE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHOENIX; PSITTACIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032990958     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199424     Document Type: Review

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