E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
List of John Benjamins publications for which E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh plays a role.
2011 Chapter 2. The evolution and the rise of human language: Carry the baby Homo Symbolicus: The dawn of language, imagination and spirituality, Henshilwood, Christopher S. and Francesco d'Errico (eds.), pp. 13–48 | Article
Is it the case that a complete psyche discontinuity exists between ape and man, as a function of human consciousness and human grammatical abilities? The genetic evidence makes this seem unlikely. We offer an alternative explanation, based on the plasticity of neuronal development and the… read more
2010 Protolanguage in ontogeny and phylogeny: Combining deixis and representation The Emergence of Protolanguage: Holophrasis vs compositionality, Arbib, Michael A. and Derek Bickerton (eds.), pp. 35–50 | Article
We approach the issue of holophrasis versus compositionality in the emergence of protolanguage by analyzing the earliest combinatorial constructions in child, bonobo, and chimpanzee: messages consisting of one symbol combined with one gesture. Based on evidence from apes learning an interspecies… read more
2008 Protolanguage in ontogeny and phylogeny: Combining deixis and representation Holophrasis vs Compositionality in the Emergence of Protolanguage, Arbib, Michael A. and Derek Bickerton (eds.), pp. 34–50 | Article
We approach the issue of holophrasis versus compositionality in the emergence of protolanguage by analyzing the earliest combinatorial constructions in child, bonobo, and chimpanzee: messages consisting of one symbol combined with one gesture. Based on evidence from apes learning an interspecies… read more
2002 Confrontation and support in bonobo-human discourse Functions of Language 9:1, pp. 1–38 | Article
As part of a program to explore the communicative abilities of bonobo apes within the human-ape culture at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University, we made two complementary analyses of a conversation between Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Kanzi. We made both a conversation analysis and… read more
1998 Symbol Comprehension and Learning: A "Vocabulary" Test of Three Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes) Evolution of Communication 2:2, pp. 171–188 | Article
Language comprehension in the great apes has been investigated through a variety of paradigms. This experiment employed a match-to-sample computer task to investigate the current language comprehension of three chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) raised in different language environments but with a… read more