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Apes and Language 1

Apes and Language:

A Review of the Literature

Atis Jana

Psychology 1, Section 1

Professor Lawson

April 25
Apes and Language 2

Apes and Language:

A Review of the Literature

Over the past 30 years, researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees,

gorillas, and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought

possible. Just how far that resemblance extends, however, has been a matter of some

controversy. Researchers agree that the apes have acquired fairly large vocabularies in American

Sign Language and in artificial languages, but they have drawn quite different conclusions

in addressing the following questions:

1. How spontaneously have apes used language?

2. How creatively have apes used language?

3. Can apes create sentences?

4. What are the implications of the ape language studies?

This review of the literature on apes and language focuses on these four......

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