5. The Strange Case of the Chimpanzee

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. Where Do Words Come From? 1
4. 2. The Conventions of a Human Language 37
5. 3. The Evolution of Signals 79
6. 4. Varieties of Biological Information 91
7. 5. The Strange Case of the Chimpanzee 113
8. 6. The Problem of Maladaptive Culture 143
9. 7. The Cumulative Consequences of a Didactic Adaptation 163
10. 8. Meaning, Interpretation, and Language Acquisition 183
11. 9. What’s Accomplished in Conversation? 203
12. 10. Recapitulation and Moral 241
13. References 251
14. Index 265