Language is just one particularly highly developed form of primate communication. Recent years have seen increased attention to other forms: studies of animals in the wild, efforts to teach sign language to apes. This volume reflects perspectives from a variety of disciplines on the nature and function of primate signalling systems. Monkeys and apes, like people, live in a world in which they are constantly receiving and transmitting information. How can we interpret the ways in which they process it without imposing our own language-based categorizations? The problem is partly scientific, partly conceptual: that is, partly concerned with what language is. The authors' findings and insights will be of interest to a broad group of primatologists, linguists, psychologists, anthropologists and philosophers.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Language is just one particularly highly developed form of primate communication. Recent years have seen increased attention to other forms: studies of animals in the wild, efforts to teach sign language to apes. This volume reflects perspectives from a variety of disciplines on the nature and function of primate signalling systems.
Part I. The Setting of the Problem: 1 Devious intentions of monkeys and apes? Duane Quiatt; 2. What the vocalizations of monkeys mean to humans and what they mean to monkeys themselves Robert M. Seyfarth; 3. Category formation in vervet monkeys Dorothy L. Cheney; Part II. Theoretical Preliminaries: 4. The strange creature Justin Leiber; 5. Vocabularies and theories Rom Harre; 6. Ethology and language Edwin Ardener; 7. Must monkeys mean? Roy Harris; 8. The inevitability and utility of anthopomorphism in description of primate behaviour Pamela J. Asquith; Part III. Steps towards a solution: 9. 'Language' in apes H. S. Terrace; 10. Social changes in a group of rhesus monkeys Vernon Reynolds; 11. Categorization of social signals as derived from quantitative analyses of communication processes M. Maurus and D. Ploog; 12. Experience tells Eric Jones and Michael Chance.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 12,69
Da: Regno Unito a: U.S.A.
Da: Phatpocket Limited, Waltham Abbey, HERTS, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Codice articolo Z1-F-004-01974
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Series: Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction ix 256p hardback, green dustjacket, almost as new, an excellent copy Language: English. Codice articolo 181922
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth Coverd Boards. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. green cloth-covered-boards with silver titles on spine, minimal wear. book body clean and tight. green and black dj with white and black titles on front and spine, miniaml wear to dj, protected by archival brodart, unclipped. Codice articolo 43104
Quantità: 1 disponibili