1. Communication and Language, Part 2: Monkey See, Monkey Do? January 16, 2009

2. In Our Last Episode Last time we explored the following ideas: Language is biological. Communication systems have “design features” Human language differs from animal communication. We took a look at the communication systems of: vervet monkeys and honeybees. Moral: animal communication systems lack crucial “design features” of language. One outstanding question: Can animals acquire language, if we teach it to them?

3. What about dolphins?

4. The Dolphin Experiment

6. Clever Hans

7. The Clever Hans Effect

8. Alex the Parrot

9. Some Intellectual History

10. The Linguist Strikes Back

11. Evidence?

12. The Great Debate

14. Vocal Tract Anatomy

15. Washoe

16. Koko

17. Really?

18. Non-Signing Experiments

19. Sarah

20. Nim Chimpsky

21. The Trouble with Nim

22. Typical Sentences from Nim

23. Current Work with Bonobos

24. Bonobo Successes

25. Bonobo Criticisms

26. In Conclusion

27. Moral of the Story