Question 2
Read the paragraph below. Then answer the question.
(1) Non-human animals, even highly intelligent ones, are not capable of using language. (2) In the 1930s, a husband and wife
research team raised a young chimpanzee along with their human baby, treating the two youngsters exactly alike. (3) The chimp
didn't learn any language at all. (4) It wasn't reported how the human baby was affected. (5) In the 1950s, another team of married
researchers gave a young chimp extensive language lessons. (6) She finally learned to make sounds resembling "papa," "mama," and
"cup," but nothing more. (7) More recently, several chimps and gorillas have been taught to use some American Sign Language.
(8) But they use ASL only to request food or social rewards, not to communicate complex ideas or feelings.
Which sentence is not relevant support for the argument that non-human animals cannot use language?
A a. Sentence 3
B) b. Sentence 4
D
c. Sentence 5
10 Points
d. Sentence 6