Grammatical morphology as a source of early number word meanings

How does cross-linguistic variation in linguistic structure affect children’s acquisition of early number word meanings? We tested this question by investigating number word learning in two unrelated languages that feature a tripartite singular-dual-plural distinction: Slovenian and Saudi Arabic. We...

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Main Authors: Almoammer, Alhanouf, Sullivan, Jessica, Donlan, Chris, Marusic, Franc, Zaucer, Rok, O'Donnell, Timothy John, Barner, David
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89109
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-977X