The story of Nim
Subtitle: the chimp who learned language
By: by Anna Michel ; introd. by Herbert S. Terrace ; photos. by Susan Kuklin and Herbert S. Terrace.
Contributors: Terrace, Herbert S., 1936-
Publisher: Knopf : distributed by Random House
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Chimpanzees -- Psychology -- Juvenile literature; Human-animal communication -- Juvenile literature; Mammals -- Psychology -- Juvenile literature; Sign language -- Juvenile literature; Chimpanzees -- Habits and behavior; Human-animal communication; Sign language
Description: Relates the story of Nim, a chimpanzee who is being taught to use sign language to "talk" as part of a program to study language acquisition by animals.