Language Learning by a Chimpanzee

List of ContributorsForewordPrefacePart I Language Theory and Foundations Chapter 1 Language Origin Theories Introduction Early Ideas About Language Origin Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Views Seventeenth-Century European Speculations The Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment Debate on Language Origins Nineteenth-Century Glottogonic Arguments Decline of Interest in the Early Twentieth Century Pioneer Work on Nonhuman Primates and Language Glottogonic Speculation from Marr to Révész Language Origin Ideas: 1950 to the Pongid Breakthrough The Chimpanzee Era of Glottogonic Research Concluding Observations Appendix: The Glottogonic Theories References Chapter 2 Linguistic Communication: Theory and Definition Introduction Language and Speech What Is Communication? The Restoration of Purpose From Sign to Symbol The Semantic Aspect of Syntax The Recognition of Language References Chapter 3 Cross-Modal Perception: A Basis for Language? Background Cross-Modal Methods Experiments with Apes and Monkeys Significance ReferencesPart II Design of the LANA Project Chapter 4 The LANA Project: Origin and Tactics Chapter 5 The Yerkish Language and Its Automatic Parser Preliminary Remarks Design of the Lexigrams The Lexicon The Conceptual Lexigram Classes An Interpretive Correlational Grammar Correlators: The Connective Functions of Yerkish Yerkish Sentence Structure Peculiarities of the Yerkish Grammar The Multistore Parser The Grammaticality of Lana's Sentence Production References Chapter 6 Computer Programs The Multistore The Combinatorial Problem The Multistore Approach Description of Procedure Procedure Reclassification Routine References Chapter 7 The System: Design and Operation Introduction: An Automated System The Instrumentation System The Experimental Chamber The Instrumentation System Operation Reference Chapter 8 Training Strategy and Tactics Specific Training StrategiesPart III Lana's Mastery of Language-Type Skills Chapter 9 Lana's Acquisition of Language Skills "Reading and Writing" Elimination of Errors: First Ten Months Yes and No Naming Training Use of "Stock" Sentences for Other Than the Originally Intended Purpose Conversations Move It to the Vending Device Give Name-of This Use of "To" A Request for a Nonpresent Object Orange (Fruit) = The Apple Which-Is Orange (Colored) Drink Milk; Eat Bread Sensitivity to the Limits of Sentence Length Put the Milk in the Machine Learning the Use of "More" Cross-Modal Tasks Discussion References Chapter 10 Language Relevant Object- and Color-Naming Tasks Method Experiment I. Color Versus Object Naming of Projected Photographs Experiment II. Color Naming of Novel Objects Experiment III. Color Naming of Requested Object When Several Objects Are Present Experiment IV. Naming of Object Requested by Color When Several Objects Are Present Experiment V.