The results of the early experiments in which researchers attempted to teach language to chimpanzees
a. showed that chimps can be taught to communicate like humans.
b. led to agreement that humans were cueing the chimps to make appropriate linguistic responses.
c. determined that chimps could not acquire any linguistic abilities.
d. led to controversy as to whether the chimps' linguistic abilities actually constituted meaningful language use.
Answer: d. led to controversy as to whether the chimps' linguistic abilities actually constituted meaningful language use.
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