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Małpia gramatyka? Porównanie potencjału kombinatorycznego ludzi i szympansów (studium przypadku)
Monkey grammar? Comparison of potential combinatorial humans and chimpanzees (case study)

Author(s): Tomasz Nowak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Cognitive linguistics, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Kanzi; grammar; combinatorics; structure

Summary/Abstract: The article is a case study of a chimpanzee bonobo – Kanzi. The author of the paper aims at providing a comparison of formal (mathematical) and empirical (linguistic, psychological, biological) results of research on the grammar of human and non-human language or codes. The content of the paper focuses on the issues relating to the power of grammatical combinations. The author seeks to answer the question: What differentiates human and animal communication?

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 109-127
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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