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| 1. Primate Language: Read the page entitled "Primate Use of Language" created by Lauren Kosseff at http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/language.htm.
Who was Kanzi? What abilities with language did Kanzi demonstrate? Who was Washoe? What abilities with language did Washoe demonstrate? (This web page has not been updated to note that Washoe died in 2007 at the age of 42.) Who was Loulis? What abilities with language did Loulis demonstrate? Who was Nim? What abilities with language did Nim demonstrate? Do you think that language is uniquely human? Which parts of human language do primates possess? 2. In this chapter we learned that one aspect of linguistic history is language loss. Visit http://languagehotspots.org to learn about the Enduring Voices Project. What is the aim of this project? Why is their mission important, not just to the people that are directly affected but to you? How does technology aid in their work? Is language loss inevitable? What do you think? |