Semantics of primate gestures: Intentional meanings of orangutan gestures

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 793-804

  Cartmill, Erica A ^a,b   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Great ape; Intention; Meaning; Method; Primate communication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTURE; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTURES; MALE; PONGO; SEMANTICS;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77958471624     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0328-7     Document Type: Article

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