title: An explanation of the language of a chimpanzee.
abstract: The language barrier of the chimpanzee Lana, previously described by Rumbaugh (1977), can be simulated by a computer model in which the animal selects, depending upon context, one of six stock sentences with fixed and variable elements.
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000502:physiology*