Question

a. Koko the gorilla was trained by Francine Patterson to use sign language. The Gorilla language Project reports that Koko can use 1000 different signs, and can understand 2000 words. Koko is now creating statements by blending three to six words.

Choose the highest level that the animal may have attained and explain why you chose your choice.

Select one:

a. Phonology

b. Morphology

c. Syntax

d. Semantics

b. Nim Chimpsky (chimpanzee) was trained by Herbert Terrance to understand sign language. Terrance was skeptical of many former chimp experiments. Nim learned 125 signs, but Terrance realized that Nim seemed to simply be responding to signs that the researchers presented rather than understanding their meaning.

Choose the highest level that the animal may have attained and explain why you chose your choice.

Select one:

a. Phonology

b. Morphology

c. Syntax

d. Semantics

c. In 1952, researchers Hayes and Hayes tried to teach their chimpanzee (Vickie) to speak the English language. Vickie learned how to make four sounds, but never produced anything that sounded much like language.

Choose the highest level that the animal may have attained and explain why you chose your answer.

Select one:

a. Phonology

b. Morphology

c. Syntax

d. Semantics

d. Alex (an African grey parrot) was trained by Irene Pepperberg. Alex could say 70 words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Alex could also identify colors and textures, use the numbers from one to five, and could report if the objects are the same or different.

Choose the highest level that the animal may have attained and explain why you chose your answer.

Select one:

a. Phonology

b. Morphology

c. Syntax

d. Semantics

e. Herman, Richards, and Woltz (1984) trained dolphins to understand hand commands. Their dolphins could understand five-sign strings, as well as some rules of language. For instance, their dolphins Phoenix and Akeakamai, understood the order words had to be in to perform a certain command.

Choose the highest level that the animal may have attained and explain why you chose your answer.

Select one:

a. Phonology

b. Morphology

c. Syntax

d. Semantics

Answer 1

a. Koko the gorilla: The correct answer is Option C, syntax. This is because Koko is displaying the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

b. Nim Chimpsky: The correct answer is Option B, morphology. Nim seems to have reached only the morphology stage.

c. Vickie: The correct answer is Option D, semantics. This is because Vickie is able to decipher the meaning of words.

d. Alex: The correct answer is Option D, semantics. This is because Alex is able to decipher the meaning of words.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.