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Author Wiese, Heike.

Title Numbers, language, and the human mind / Heike Wiese.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-339) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Numerals.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Numerals.
Language and languages.
Language and languages.
Psycholinguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Language acquisition.
Language acquisition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Getallen.
Taalverwerving.
Telwoorden.
Other Form: Print version: Wiese, Heike. Numbers, language, and the human mind. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521831822 (DLC) 2003046262 (OCoLC)51942390
ISBN 9780511063053 (electronic book)
0511063059 (electronic book)
0511071515
9780511071515
1280421819
9781280421815
0521831822
9780521831826