Rethinking syntax: A commentary on E. Kako's 'Elements of syntax in the systems of three language-trained animals'

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-17

  Pepperberg, Irene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; BIRD; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PRIMATES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 0032993732     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199425     Document Type: Review

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