Research on the Language Capabilities of Apes Indicates That They

question 52

Multiple Choice

Research on the language capabilities of apes indicates that they cannot

• A) translate spoken words into signs.
• B) acquire a vocabulary of more than two dozen signs.
• C) use signs to communicate with other members of their own species.
• D) grammatically order language symbols as well as most 3-year-old children.

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