Gradability in Count Nouns: Categorizing and Counting Part and Whole Objects in Children and Adults

Some of the first words that children can comprehend and produce are nouns like ball and fork. Despite this apparent early command, children deviate from adult-like behavior when categorizing and quantifying objects falling under noun descriptions. Even beyond four years of age, when they are asked...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sanchez, Karissa
Other Authors: Aravind, Athulya
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156840