Investigations by Herbert Terrace (1987)involving the chimpanzee,Nim Chimpsky,revealed that after several years of training of a simplified version of ASL (American Sign Language),Nim
A)had verbal ability equivalent to that of a teenager.
B)could only learn a few signs.
C)could not communicate at all using the sign system.
D)had virtually no understanding of syntactic structure.

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Herbert Terrace's investigations with Nim Chimpsky concluded that, despite learning a significant number of signs, Nim did not demonstrate an understanding of syntactic structure, indicating that his use of signs was more about mimicking and seeking rewards rather than forming coherent, grammatically structured sentences.

Investigations by Herbert Terrace (1987)involving the Chimpanzee,Nim Chimpsky,revealed That After