Semiotic combinations in Pan: A comparison of communication in a chimpanzee and two bonobos

First Language

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-325

  Lyn, Heidi ^a   Greenfield, Patricia M ^b   Savage Rumbaugh, E Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

animal language; bonobo; chimpanzee; evolution of communication; language acquisition; symbolic combination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961069879     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723710391872     Document Type: Article

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