Aspects of repetition in bonobo-human conversation: Creating cohesion in a conversation between species

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-41

  Pedersen, Janni ^a   Fields, William M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Ape language; Conversational analysis; Nonhuman primates; Repetition

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949175205     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-008-9067-6     Document Type: Article

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