Professor Reid Has Evaluated the Communicative Behaviour in a Troupe

question 41

Multiple Choice

Professor Reid has evaluated the communicative behaviour in a troupe of captive chimpanzees. Professor Reid has determined that the communication cannot be classified as language. Which of the following reasons can Professor Reid give for this conclusion?

• A) The chimpanzees cannot make an infinite number of utterances.
• B) The chimpanzees cannot speak.
• C) The chimpanzees have not been taught to communicate through training.
• D) The chimpanzees do not express meaning directly.

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