Counting in Tongan: The traditional number systems and their cognitive implications

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 213-239

  Bender, Andrea ^a   Beller, Sieghard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Numerical cognition; Pair counting; Specific number systems; Tongan

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149087805     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853707X208495     Document Type: Article

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