a.Koko the gorilla was trained by Francine Patterson to use sign language. The G
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a.Koko the gorilla was trained by Francine Patterson to use sign language. The Gorilla language Project reports that Koko can use 1000 different signs, and can understand 2000 words. Koko is now creating statements by blending three to six words. Provide why you chose the answer that you did (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics).
b. Nim Chimpsky (chimpanzee) was trained by Herbert Terrance to understand sign language. Terrance was skeptical of many former chimp experiments. Nim learned 125 signs, but Terrance realized that Nim seemed to simply be responding to signs that the researchers presented rather than understanding their meaning. Provide why you chose the answer that you did (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics).
c. In 1952, researchers Hayes and Hayes tried to teach their chimpanzee (Vickie) to speak the English language. Vickie learned how to make four sounds, but never produced anything that sounded much like language. Provide why you chose the answer that you did (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics).
d. Alex (an African grey parrot) was trained by Irene Pepperberg. Alex could say 70 words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Alex could also identify colors and textures, use the numbers from one to five, and could report if the objects are the same or different. Provide why you chose the answer that you did (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics).
e. Herman, Richards, and Woltz (1984) trained dolphins to understand hand commands. Their dolphins could understand five-sign strings, as well as some rules of language. For instance, their dolphins Phoenix and Akeakamai, understood the order words had to be in to perform a certain command. Provide why you chose the answer that you did (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics).
Explanation / Answer
Koko, the Gorilla has learnt the phonology of sign language. He has learnt different kinds of signs and can understand words as well. Syntax refers to stringing words together to either make sentences or phrases. Syntax, in linguists are set of rules and guidelines that must be followed in order to form the correct structure of a sentence. Blending words together to make a phrase must be aligned in accordance to the word order.
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