SIGN LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN CHIMPANZEES

SIGN LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN CHIMPANZEES

Signing between chimpanzees was systematically sampled. Four of the five chimpanzees in this group had had 4-7 years of complete immersion in American Sign Language (ASL) when they were being home reared (Gardner & Gardner 1971:125-127). It was found that the chimpanzees signed to each other, in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sign language studies 1984-04 (42), p.1-12
Hauptverfasser: Fouts, Roger S., Fouts, Deborah H., Schoenfeld, Donna
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Sprache:eng
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American sign language
Chimpanzees
Conversation
Gestures
Nonverbal communication
Reproduction
Sign languages
Social interaction
Theater
Vocabulary
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Zusammenfassung:Signing between chimpanzees was systematically sampled. Four of the five chimpanzees in this group had had 4-7 years of complete immersion in American Sign Language (ASL) when they were being home reared (Gardner & Gardner 1971:125-127). It was found that the chimpanzees signed to each other, integrating their signing interaction into their nonverbal communication. Eighty-eight per cent of all signs reported fell into the social categories of reassurance, social interaction, and play.
ISSN:0302-1475
1533-6263