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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
Abstract
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.
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