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Science 18 April 1980:
Vol. 208. no. 4441, pp. 313 - 314
DOI: 10.1126/science.7367862
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Science, Vol 208, Issue 4441, 313-314
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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An explanation of the language of a chimpanzee

CR Thompson and RM Church

The language barrier of the chimpanzee Lana, previously described by Rumbaugh (1977), can be simulated by a computer model in which the animal selects, depending upon context, one of six stock sentences with fixed and variable elements.


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