Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse - James D. Benson
The multistratal dimension: a methodology for phonemic analysis of vocalizations of language competent bonobos
Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse - James D. Benson
James D. Benson [+]
York University, Toronto
James D. Benson is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar in the English at Glendon College, York University, Toronto. He is co-author (with William S. Greaves) of You and Your Language: The Kinds of English you Use (Pergamon Press, 1984).
Meena Debashish [+]
EFL University, Hyderabad, India
Associate Professor, Dept of Phonetics and Spoken English, School of Language Sciences, EFL University, Hyderabad -500007 India
William S. Greaves † [+]
York University, Toronto
William S. Greaves, who died in September, 2014, was Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Department of English, Glendon College, York University, Toronto.
Jennifer Lukas
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh [+]
Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a psychologist and primatologist most known for her work with two bonobos, Kanzi and Panbanisha, investigating their linguistic and cognitive abilities using lexigrams and computer-based keyboards.
Jared P. Taglialatela [+]
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• The evolutionary origins of human language
• Nonhuman animal communicative behavior (esp. primate vocal and gestural
communication) and the biological substrates that mediate these behaviors
• Animal cognition and its biological basis
• The evolution of neuroanatomical asymmetries as well as their behavioral relevance
Description
This chapter focuses on the process of discrimination through choices within systems at all strata, but in particular those systems related to sound which make it possible for an English speaking human interpreter to recognize English words in the distinctly non-human sounds emitted by a language competent bonobo engaged in discourse with the human.