Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse

by William S. Greaves and James D. Benson

PAPERBACK PUBLISHED JULY 2009

Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. The levels are context of culture, context of situation, semantics, lexicogrammar, and phonology; and the functions are ideational,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904768059
• ISBN13: 9781904768050
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher