Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse.

Cover; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 1; 1 Introduction; 2 Questions to be asked; 3 Data overview; 4 Analysis; 5 Conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Chapter 2; 1 Introduction: consciousness and language; 2 SFL concepts: a brief sketch; 3 The methodology of the experiment reinterpreted in terms of SFL; 4 Deacon's referential hierarchy: icon, index, and symbol; 5 Kanzi's grammar; 6 Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 3; 1. Introduction: grounding assumptions; 2 Monkey calls: indexical signs and emergent semiotic complexity.

3 Language development in Nigel, a human child: indexical signs and emergent semiotic complexity4 Ape-human interaction (Sue-Panbanisha); 5 Conclusion; References; Appendix 1; Chapter 4; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodological assumptions: the multilayered informativeness of systemic choice; 3 Methodology; 4 Conclusion; References; Index.

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, interpersonal, and textual.

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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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