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1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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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.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Numerals. |
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Language and languages.
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Language and languages. |
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Psycholinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Getallen.
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Taalverwerving.
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Telwoorden.
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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) |
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0511063059 (electronic book) |
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0511071515 |
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9780511071515 |
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1280421819 |
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9781280421815 |
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0521831822 |
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9780521831826 |
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