Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-339) and index.
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Numbers and objects -- What does it mean to be a number? -- Can words be numbers? -- The language legacy -- Children's route to number: from iconic representations to numerical thinking -- The organisation of our cognitive number domain -- Non-verbal number systems -- Numbers in language: the grammatical integration of numerical tools.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book discusses the relationship between numerical thinking and the human language faculty, providing psychological, linguistic, and philosophical perspectives on number, its evolution, and its development in children.
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Title
Numbers, language, and the human mind.
International Standard Book Number
0521831822
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Numerals.
Language acquisition.
Language and languages.
Psycholinguistics.
Langage-- Acquisition.
Langage et langues.
Numéraux.
Psycholinguistique.
Getallen.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Numerals.
Kognitive Linguistik
Language acquisition.
Language and languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Psycholinguistics.