Symbolic communication—its origins and early development in the chimpanzee
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Vol. 1979 (3), 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219790303
Abstract
Language acquisition in the chimpanzee does not involve the appearance of words or combinations of words: It is the construction of complex cognitive schemata which must be purposefully built and intentionally linked to symbols and to the abstract communicative process itself.Keywords
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