Doctor Doolittle's delusion
Subtitle: animals and the uniqueness of human language
By: Stephen R. Anderson ; with illustrations by Amanda Patrick
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Animal communication; Language and languages
Description: "This book explores communication and cognition in animals and humans from a linguistic point of view and asserts that animals are not capable of acquiring or using human language. Animals can communicate, but they can't talk."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-338) and index