Doctor Dolittle's delusion : animals and the uniqueness of human language / Stephen R. Anderson ; wi...
Doctor Dolittle's delusion : animals and the uniqueness of human language / Stephen R. Anderson ; wi...
Doctor Dolittle's delusion : animals and the uniqueness of human language / Stephen R. Anderson ; with illustrations by Amanda Patrick.
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2004.
Call Numbers
N591.59/22
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Animals, language, and linguistics -- 2. Language and communication -- 3. On studying cognition -- 4. The dance "language" of honeybees -- 5. Sound in frog and man -- 6. Birds and babies learning to speak -- 7. What primates have to say for themselves -- 8. Syntax -- 9. Language is not just speec...
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2004.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2004.
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Summary
"This book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and asserts that animals are not capable of acquiring or using human language. Animals can communicate, but they can't talk."--BOOK JACKET.
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Doctor Dolittle's delusion : animals and the uniqueness of human language / Stephen R. Anderson ; with illustrations by Amanda Patrick.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-338) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2004.
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N591.59/22
Record Identifier
74VKP4lgWoqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKP4lgWoqA
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ISBN
0300103395 (c : alk. paper)
9780300103397 (alk. paper)
0300103395 (alk. paper)
9780300103397 (c : alk. paper)
DDC
591.59
MMS ID
991019752059702626
