The difference of Man; language (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, April 03, 2013, 14:59 (4048 days ago) @ David Turell

Comparing infant language learning to chimp learning finds a large difference. the infant uses grammar, the chimp does not:-
"Yang also studied language diversity in Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee who knows American Sign Language. Nim's word combinations are much less diverse than would be expected if he were combining words independently. This indicates that he is probably mimicking, rather than using grammar. This difference in language use indicates that human children do not acquire language in the same way that non-human primates do. Young children learn rules of grammar very quickly, while a chimpanzee who has spent many years learning language continues to imitate rather than combine words based on grammatical rules."- Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-humans-apes-language-differently.html#jCp