Finding one's meaning: A test of the relation between quantifiers and integers in language development

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-219

  Barner, David ^a   Chow, Katherine ^b   Yang, Shu Ju ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Counting; Integers; Language acquisition; Numerals; Quantifiers; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOSTON; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 56449121392     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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