On Double Articulation : In Terms of Ape Language Research

  • Shimizu Kenmei
    Department of Medical Social Work, Faculty of Medical Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

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  • <原著>「二重分節」の意味するもの : 類人猿にとって

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Human languages, which are double-articulated, enable human beings to produce an almost unlimited number of morphemes and utterances with a limited number of phonemes and morphemes. In most reports of ape language research. It is argued that apes can use double-articulated language-like systems just as human beings use human languages. It is true that apes produce words or utterances using language-like systems they are learning. The words and the utterances they produce, however, are limited in number and contents. Thus, the economy of language that double articulation plays a crucial part in bringing is not found in the apes' language-like systems. In this paper, it is argued that apes use double-articulated systems without the benefit of the economy of language.

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  • CRID
    1573387451618699136
  • NII Article ID
    110000478908
  • NII Book ID
    AN10375470
  • ISSN
    09174605
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • CiNii Articles

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