Lesson 2 of 4 · 35 min

Language, animal communication, and sign language

Compare human language with animal communication and evaluate the chapter’s evidence from the Washoe and Nim case studies, while recognizing that sign languages share key structural features of spoken languages.

Lesson explanation

Language, Animal Communication, and Sign Language This lesson compares human language with animal communication, evaluates the evidence from the Washoe and Nim case studies, and explains why sign languages must be understood as full human languages. The discu...

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