Language

See also:

• Reference: Dictionaries: Sign Languages  (7)
• Science: Biology: Zoology: Chordates: Mammalogy: Primatology  (35)
• Society: Issues: Animal Welfare: Specific Animals: Primates  (5)

• Are Nonhuman Species Capable of Language Acquisition? - A discussion of the value and validity of ape language research.
• Chimp Talk Debate: Is it Really Language? - Article by George Johnson in the New York Times in which he outlines varying views on ape communication.
• The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute - This institute at Central Washington University cares for five chimpanzees who are being taught American Sign Language.
• An Internet Chat with Koko the Gorilla - Read the transcript of the chat which took place on April 27th, 1998. This event was the first ever live inter-species Internet chat.
• Koko the Gorilla - The Gorilla Foundation brings interspecies communication to the public through Koko, famous for her sign language skills.
• Language in Apes: How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them - An overview written by Dave Switzer that features a summaries of multiple research projects. Also offers primate glossary.
• Language in Child and Chimp? - General commentary on ape language with transcripts of chats with apes and interviews with ape language researchers.
• Language Research Center - Primate research center studying language acquisition through work with bonobos and chimpanzees. Features a list of publications and ape biographies.
• Non-Human Primates and Language - This project is part of a theoretical course on Syntax and Grammatical Theories taught by Prof. Dirk Geeraerts at K.U.Leuven.
• Primate Research Institute: Section of Language and Intelligence - Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.
• Primate Use of Language - Lauren Kosseff suggests the acquisition of some aspects of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early humans.
• The Primatech Project - A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta.
• Talking With Chimps - An article that describes why some researchers feel that chimps may be able to learn language.

• The Straight Dope: Are Gorillas Using Sign Language Really Communicating with Humans? - Cecil Adams' research column on the divided scientific opinions about apes and language. (March 28, 2003)