{"product_id":"functional-dimensions-of-ape-human-discourse-9781845536534","title":"Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse\" asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. The levels are context of culture, context of situation, semantics, lexicogrammar, and phonology; and the functions are ideational, interpersonal, and textual. Chapter 1 discusses a negotiation between the bonobo Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in terms of discourse-semantics, lexicogrammar, and the ideational and interpersonal metafunctions of language. Chapter 2 reinterprets Sue Savage-Rumbaugh et. al. \"Language Comprehension in Ape and Child\" (1993) in terms of the ideational metafunction, and provides corroborative evidence for Kanzi's symbolic processing abilities, opening a window into the consciousness of at least one non-human primate. Chapter 3 compares three snapshots from comprehensive studies based on large amounts of data (monkey calls, language development in a human child, and a dialogue between Kanzi's sibling Panbanisha and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh) from an evolutionary perspective, showing different ways in which the level of grammar comes to be wedged in between semantics and expression. Chapter 4 articulates a methodology incorporating public domain software for the comprehensive analysis of ape-human interaction. Although bonobo-human interaction is used as an example, the methodology could be utilized for studies of chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Chapter 1. The interpersonal dimension: Confrontation and support in bonobo-human discourse  James D. Benson, Peter Fries, William S. Greaves, Kazyoshi Iwamoto, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Jared P. Taglialatela  Chapter 2. The ideational dimension: Evidence for symbolic language processing in a bonobo (Pan paniscus)  James D. Benson, William S. Greaves , Michael O'Donnell and Jared P. Taglialatela  Chapter 3. The evolutionary dimension: The thin edge of the wedge -- grammar and discourse in the evolution of langauge James D. Benson, William S. Greaves, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Jared P. Taglialatela and Paul J. Thibault  Chapter 4. The multistratal dimension: A methodology for phonetic analysis of vocalizations of language competent Bonobos  James D. Benson, Meena Debashish, William S. Greaves,  Jennifer Lukas, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Jared P. Taglialialatela","brand":"Equinox Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742778360151,"sku":"9781845536534","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845536534.jpg?v=1758386518","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/functional-dimensions-of-ape-human-discourse-9781845536534","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}