56 min
3 part 2 - If Only They Could Speak Rogue Syntax: Primer
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The second part of our investigation into what happens when humans try to make non-humans talk, deals with two experiments with chimpanzees both intended to disprove ascendant theories of Noam Chomsky from the 60s onwards. We continue to listen to the evolving ethics of behavioural experiments with animals and the tragic effects on chimps and humans alike whose lives were altered by this struggle between competing linguistic theorists and theories.
Featuring music by Vera Dvale and guests Lekan Akinlosotu Martins and Sabine Gottfried
The second part of our investigation into what happens when humans try to make non-humans talk, deals with two experiments with chimpanzees both intended to disprove ascendant theories of Noam Chomsky from the 60s onwards. We continue to listen to the evolving ethics of behavioural experiments with animals and the tragic effects on chimps and humans alike whose lives were altered by this struggle between competing linguistic theorists and theories.
Featuring music by Vera Dvale and guests Lekan Akinlosotu Martins and Sabine Gottfried
56 min