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Does the use of the dynamic system approach really help fill in the gap between human and nonhuman primate language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Jacques Vauclair
Jacques Vauclair
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion, University of Provence, 13621 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1, Francevauclair@up.univ-aix.fr http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/wpsycle/
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Abstract

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The highly recommended transposition of the dynamic system approach for tackling the question of apes' linguistic abilities has clearly not led to a demonstration that these primates have acquired language. Fundamental differences related to functional modalities – namely, use of the declarative and the form of engagement between mother and infant – can be observed in the way humans and apes use their communicatory systems.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 642 - 643
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press