Web Directory

» Are Nonhuman Species Capable of Language Acquisition?
   A discussion of the value and validity of ape language research.
   http://www.littletree.com.au/koko.htm

» Chimp Talk Debate: Is it Really Language?
   Article by George Johnson in the New York Times in which he outlines varying views on ape communication.
   http://www.santafe.edu/~johnson/articles.chimp.html

» Koko the Gorilla
   The Gorilla Foundation brings interspecies communication to the public through Koko, famous for her sign language skills.
   http://www.koko.org/

» Language Research Center
   Primate research center studying language acquisition through work with bonobos and chimpanzees. Features a list of publications and ape biographies.
   http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwlrc/

» Language in Apes: How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them
   An overview written by Dave Switzer that features a summaries of multiple research projects. Also offers primate glossary.
   http://www.davidmswitzer.com/apelang.html

» Language in Child and Chimp?
   General commentary on ape language with transcripts of chats with apes and interviews with ape language researchers.
   http://pubpages.unh.edu/~jel/apelang.html

» Non-Human Primates and Language
   This project is part of a theoretical course on Syntax and Grammatical Theories taught by Prof. Dirk Geeraerts at K.U.Leuven.
   http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/nhplanguage/

» Primate Research Institute: Section of Language and Intelligence
   Chimpanzee language research projects at Kyoto University. News, pictures and biographies of chimpanzee subjects as well as researchers.
   http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/koudou-shinkei/shikou/index.html

» Primate Use of Language
   Lauren Kosseff argues that the documentation of elementary language competence in species other than humans has significant implications for the understanding of the evolution of the human species. Article includes a history of ape sign language research.
   http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/language.htm

» The Case Against the Animal Mind
   An article by Clive Wynne that argues that evidence from ape sign language studies demonstrates that our closest animal relatives do not have consciousness.
   http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmske/is_4_13/ai_n29405778/?tag=content;col1

» The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
   This institute at Central Washington University cares for five chimpanzees who are being taught American Sign Language.
   http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/

» The Primatech Project
   A cognitive model of Chantek, a signing orangutan, for an installation at Zoo Atlanta.
   http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/perception/projects/primatech/

» The Straight Dope: Are Gorillas Using Sign Language Really Communicating with Humans?
   Cecil Adams' research column on the divided scientific opinions about apes and language.
   http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030328.html