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Terrace, Herbert S. – New York University Education Quarterly, 1979
Focusing on the question, "Can chimpanzees produce new sentences or merely sequences?" Terrace describes his efforts to teach the chimpanzee Nim to communicate through sign language. From his results, and the Gardners' experiments with Washoe, he concludes that no proof yet exists that chimpanzees can use language as humans do. (SJL)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Child Language, Language Patterns, Language Research
