?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Emergence+of+a+New+Paradigm+in+Ape+Language+Research&rft.creator=Shanker%2C+Stuart&rft.creator=King%2C+Barbara&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.description=In+place+of+the+information-processing+model+that+has+hitherto+dominated+ape+language+research%2C+we+argue+that+it+is+imperative+that+we+now+shift+to+a+dynamic+systems+paradigm%2C+which+places+the+emphasis+on+the+dyad+rather+than+the+isolated+individual%3B+which+sees+ape+communication+as+a+co-regulated+process%2C+rather+than+a+linear+and+discrete+sequence%3B+which+focuses+on+the+variability+of+ape+communicative+behaviours%2C+rather+than+treating+them+as+phenotypic+traits%3B+and+which+is+thus+better+able+to+account+for+both+the+social+complexity+and+the+developmental+character+of+nonhuman+primate+communicative+abilities.&rft.date=2000-07&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F906%2F1%2FNew_Paradigm.htm&rft.identifier=++Shanker%2C+Stuart+and+King%2C+Barbara++(2000)+The+Emergence+of+a+New+Paradigm+in+Ape+Language+Research.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F906%2F