Terrace Has Argued That the Use of Symbols and Sign

question 146

Multiple Choice

Terrace has argued that the use of symbols and sign language by apes differs from human language in

• A) arbitrariness and duality.
• B) spontaneous usage and structure dependence.
• C) semanticity and displacement.
• D) turn-taking and creativity.

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