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Teaching sign language to the chimpanzee, Washoe / Allen and Beatrice Gardner ; produced by A. and B. Gardner.
LIBRA DVD 016 092
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washoe (Chimpanzee).
- Chimpanzees--Psychology.
- Chimpanzees.
- Human-animal communication.
- Cognition in animals.
- Sign language.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (48 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University, [2009]
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Documents Project Washoe, an experiment in which two-way communication was established with a chimpanzee by means of the sign language of the American deaf, Ameslan. Illustrates the range of the chimp's vocabulary, shows the development of sentence structure, examines the contexts in which she signed, and shows the project's research methodology.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 1973 documentary.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 303712675
- Publisher Number:
- 50481 Penn State Media Sales
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