Contingency in requests of signing chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Interaction Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-164

  Leitten, Lisa ^a   Jensvold, Mary Lee A ^a   Fouts, Roger S ^a   Wallin, Jason M ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Chimpanzees; Communication; Conversation; Gesture; Pan troglodytes; Pragmatics; Requests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862095507     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.13.2.01lei     Document Type: Article

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