Monkey grammar? Comparison of potential combinatorial humans and chimpanzees (case study)

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Keywords:

Kanzi, grammar, combinatorics, structure

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?

Author Biography

Tomasz Nowak, University of Silesia

Dr hab., adiunkt w Zakładzie Leksykologii i Semantyki w Instytucie Języka Polskiego na Wydziale Filologicznym Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Przedmiot jego badań stanowi semantyka i gramatyka współczesnego języka polskiego, zwłaszcza następujące zagadnienia: eksplikacja znaczeń wybranych jednostek języka i formalny opis polszczyzny. W nie mniejszym stopniu interesuje się również metalingwistyką, np. na podstawie zgromadzonego materiału językowego testuje różne modele lingwistyczne. Jest autorem kilkudziesięciu prac (artykułów i książek).

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2017-12-24

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Nowak, T. (2017). Monkey grammar? Comparison of potential combinatorial humans and chimpanzees (case study). Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (3), 109–127. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/7122

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